PECOS RIVER

The 'Pecos River' or Rio Pecos, as it is known in New Mexico, rises near Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States, and flows for through the eastern portion of that state and neighboring Texas before it empties into the Rio Grande near Del Rio. The river drains approximately of land.
The river is dammed at Avalon and McMillan to help irrigate about as part of the Carlsbad reclamation project (established in 1906). Texas has also dammed the river at the Red Bluff Dam in the western part of that state to form the Red Bluff Reservoir. The portion of the reservoir that extends into New Mexico forms the lowest point in that state. New Mexico and Texas disputed water rights to the river until the federal government settled the dispute in 1949.
In the latter half of the 19th century, "West of the Pecos" was a reference to the rugged frontiers of the Wild West.

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★ List of New Mexico rivers

★ List of Texas rivers

★ USS ''Pecos'' (AO-6) — a fleet oiler built in 1921.

★ USS ''Pecos'' (AO-65) — a fleet oiler built in 1942.

★ USNS ''Pecos'' (T-AO-197) — an underway replenishment oiler built in 1990.

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