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Arroyo Colorado

The 883rd longest river in the world

km

Arroyo Colorado is a river in Hidalgo, Cameron and Willacy Counties, Texas, that flows mostly eastward some 89 miles (143 km) from Lake Llano Grande into the Laguna Madre. Arroyo Colorado is a name derived from Spanish meaning "red creek bed".

Flows through: United States.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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