San Antonio River Río San Antonio | |
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Location | |
Country | US |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | The San Antonio Springs near the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. |
• elevation | 715 ft (218 m) |
Mouth | |
• location | Flows into the Guadalupe River, 10 mi northwest of the San Antonio Bay. |
Length | 240 mi (390 km) |
Basin size | 4,180 sq mi (10,800 km2)[2] |
Discharge | |
• average | 400 cu ft/s (11 m3/s)[1] |
The San Antonio River is a major waterway that originates in central Texas in a cluster of springs in midtown San Antonio, about 4 miles north of downtown, and follows a roughly southeastern path through the state.[3] It eventually feeds into the Guadalupe River about 10 miles from San Antonio Bay on the Gulf of Mexico. The river is 240 miles long and crosses five counties: Bexar, Goliad, Karnes, Refugio, and Wilson.