| Mora River | |
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| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Confluence Osha Mountain |
| • coordinates | 36°16′4.47″N 105°19′33.54″W / 36.2679083°N 105.3259833°W |
| Mouth | |
• location | Confluence with Canadian River |
• coordinates | 35°43′40.14″N 104°23′13.93″W / 35.7278167°N 104.3872028°W |
• elevation | 1,409 ft (429 m) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Canadian River—Arkansas River—Mississippi River—Gulf of Mexico |
Mora River, also known as Rio Mora, is a stream in Mora and San Miguel County, New Mexico. Its headwaters are on Osha Mountain[1] of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The river flows downstream primarily through private land, but there are areas for fishing brown and rainbow trout below on public land in the town of Mora. It is a tributary of Canadian River.[2] It was called Rio Mora or Rio de lo de Mora on early maps. There is a separate stream Rio Mora that is a tributary of Pecos River.[3]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mora River
- ^ Ti Piper (1989). Fishing in New Mexico. UNM Press. pp. 166, 275. ISBN 978-0-8263-1138-2.
- ^ Robert Hixson Julyan (1996). The Place Names of New Mexico. UNM Press. p. 235. ISBN 978-0-8263-1689-9.