| Frio River Tributary to Nueces River | |
|---|---|
 Location of the Frio River, Texas | |
  Location of Frio River mouth  Frio River (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| Counties | Live Oak McMullen La Salle Frio Medina Uvalde Real |
| City | Tilden |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | confluence of West Frio River and East Frio River |
| • location | about 1 mile northeast of Leakey, Texas |
| • coordinates | 29°44′23.86″N 099°45′1.21″W / 29.7399611°N 99.7503361°W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,590 ft (480 m)[1] |
| Mouth | Nueces River |
• location | about 1 mile south of Three Rivers, Texas |
• coordinates | 29°26′14.98″N 099°11′19.03″W / 29.4374944°N 99.1886194°W[1] |
• elevation | 121 ft (37 m)[1] |
| Length | 234.36 mi (377.17 km)[2] |
| Basin size | 6,912.86 square miles (17,904.2 km2)[3] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Nueces River |
| • average | 372.78 cu ft/s (10.556 m3/s) at mouth with Nueces River[3] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Nueces River → Nueces Bay → Corpus Christi Bay → Gulf of Mexico |
| River system | Nueces River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | East Frio River, Little Dry Frio Creek, Cherry Creek, Bear Creek, Brushy Creek, Spring Branch, Blanco Creek, Sabinal River, Hondo Creek, Buck Creek, Lockhardt Creek, Ruiz Creek, Cayman Slough, Esperanza Creek, Rockaway Creek, Salt Branch, Cottonwood Creek, San Miquel Creek, Elm Creek, Opossum Creek, Atascosa River, Hackberry Creek |
| • right | West Frio River, Flat Creek, Pecan Creek, Sycamore Creek, Dry Frio River, Salt Creek, Elm Creek, Big Slough, Live Oak Creek, Leona River, Martin Branch, Cibolo Creek, Galinda Creek, Big Slough, Salt Creek |
| Waterbodies | Choke Canyon Reservoir |
| Bridges | Camino Bajo, TX 337, Flat Rock Cir, Ranch Road 1120, River Place Road, Ranch Road 1120, Texas Hill Country Trail, Country Road 350, Country Road 348, Comanche Creek Road, County Road 348, TX 127, unnamed road, County Road 2690, County Road 101, US 90, Garner Field Road, Ranch Road 187, unnamed road, US 57, W FM 140, County Road 1581, County Road 4425, I-35, TX 85, unnamed road (x3), Natus Road, TX 97, Findley Road, TX 16, FM 99, TX 72 |
The Frio River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. The word frío is Spanish for cold, a clear reference to the spring-fed coolness of the river.
- ^ a b c d "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
- ^ a b "Watershed Report | Office of Water | US EPA". watersgeo.epa.gov. US EPA. Retrieved January 14, 2023.