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International border. The Rio Grande in the Laredo Borderplex. The Rio Grande in its lower course, between Matamoros (right side) and Brownsville (left side) The international border between the United States and Mexico extends for 3,138 km (1,950 miles).
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The Rio Grande drainage basin (watershed) has an area of 182,200 square miles (472,000 km 2); however, the endorheic basins that are adjacent to and within the greater drainage basin of the Rio Grande increase the total drainage-basin area to 336,000 square miles (870,000 km 2).
- 1,896 mi (3,051 km)
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Less snow means less water for trees, making them more vulnerable to wildfire. It means less water in the river, which means less water in fields and wetlands that dry up and stretches of river where fish can no longer swim. But climate change isn’t the only threat facing the Rio, its tributaries, and the connected underground sources of water.
