USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Rio Grande is the fifth longest river in the United States and among the top twenty in the world. It extends from the San Juan Mountains of Colorado to the Gulf of Mexico (1, 901 miles) and forms a 1, 255 mile segment of the border between the United States and Mexico.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1848, the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo was named as the boundary between the United States and Mexico by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. For the next hundred years, this border-defining river would meander, flood and retreat; changing maps, and lives, as it moved.

Detailed explanation-3: -After the Mexican-American War-during Texas’ first round of being a U.S. state-the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo established the Rio Grande as the border between the United States and Mexico. People living along some parts of the river woke up as part of a different country.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Rio Grande is 1, 900 miles long and the fifth-longest river in North America. The Rio Grande is a designated Wild & Scenic River System. This river system flows into the Gulf of Mexico. Historically, this river was named Rio del Norte before American settlers in Texas adopted “Rio Grande”