Navasota River

River in Texas, United States
31°48′24″N 96°52′00″W / 31.80667°N 96.86667°W / 31.80667; -96.86667[1] • elevation196 m (643 ft) Mouthat its confluence with the Brazos River.
 • location
where Brazos County, Texas, Grimes County, Texas, and Washington County, Texas converge.
 • coordinates
30°19′54″N 96°09′15″W / 30.33167°N 96.15417°W / 30.33167; -96.15417[1]
 • elevation
44 m (144 ft)Length201 km (125 mi)Discharge  • locationWashington-on-the-Brazos, Texas • minimum0.76 m3/s (27 cu ft/s) • maximum2,390 m3/s (84,000 cu ft/s)

The Navasota River is a river in east Texas, United States. It is about 125 miles (201 km) long, beginning near Mount Calm[2] and flowing south into the Brazos River at a point where Brazos, Grimes, and Washington counties converge.[3]

Name

The river has been known by several names. The indigenous people called it the Nabasoto, Domingo Terán de los Ríos called it San Cypriano, Fray Isidro Félix de Espinosa called it the San Buenaventura, and in 1727, Pedro de Rivera y Villalón named it the Navasota.[2]

Lakes

The Navasota River is dammed to form several lakes, including Lake Mexia, Springfield Lake, Joe Echols Lake, Lake Groesbeck, Lake Limestone, and Lake Fort Parker in Fort Parker State Park.[2]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Navasota River
  2. ^ a b c NAVASOTA RIVER, from Hand Book of Texas Online
  3. ^ Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition, p. 794

References

  • Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster Incorporated, 1997.


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