Rio_Hondo_(Northern_New_Mexico)

Rio Hondo (Northern New Mexico)

Rio Hondo (Northern New Mexico)

River in Taos County, New Mexico, United States

This is about the Rio Hondo in northern New Mexico. For the river in southern New Mexico see Rio Hondo (Southern New Mexico).

The Rio Hondo is a river in northern New Mexico. A left tributary of the Rio Grande, it flows approximately 20 miles (32 km) from its headwaters high in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains near Wheeler Peak and the Taos Ski Valley to its discharge in the Rio Grande Gorge just west of the community of Arroyo Hondo. Portions of the Rio Hondo are prized as prime spots for bird-watching and fishing.[3] The river was the subject of a 2005 study by the New Mexico Environment Department Surface Water Quality Bureau into the effects of wastewater from Taos Ski Valley, which is discharged from the Village of Taos Ski Valley Waste Water Treatment Plant.[4]

Quick Facts Etymology, Location ...

In Spanish, Río Hondo means "deep river".[5]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rio Hondo
  2. [2]
    USGS topographic maps
  3. [3]
    "Carson National Forest - Recreational Activities". Retrieved 2008-07-17.
  4. [4]
    "The WQCC-Approved Rio Hondo Watershed Nutrients TMDL". Retrieved 2008-07-17.
  5. [5]
    Julyan, Robert Hixson (1996). The Place Names of New Mexico. University of New Mexico Press. p. 296. ISBN 978-0-8263-1689-9.



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