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Rio Puerco (Rio Grande)
The Rio Puerco is a tributary of the Rio Grande in the U.S. state of New Mexico. From its source on the west side of the Nacimiento Mountains, it flows about ,〔Calculated in Google Earth〕 generally south to join the Rio Grande about south of Belen and about south of Albuquerque. Its drainage basin is about large, of which probably about are noncontributing.〔
The Rio Puerco is ephemeral, with no streamflow for part of the year. Its discharge averages . The maximum officially recorded discharge was , in 1941. The greatest flood since about 1880 occurred on September 23, 1929, with an estimated discharge of . Another flood, on August 12, 1929, reached an estimated .〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher= USGS )〕
==Course==
The Rio Puerco arises in the San Pedro Peaks area of the Nacimiento Mountains, in the San Pedro Parks Wilderness area of the Santa Fe National Forest. It flows generally south and southwest, leaving the mountains and national forest near the village of Cuba. From there the river flows generally south. It flows along the west side of the Jemez Indian Reservation. Arroyo Chico joins from the west, between Mesa San Luis and Mesa Chivato. The Rio Puerco continues south, passing west of Mesa Prieta, then through the Laguna Indian Reservation and the Tohajiilee Indian Reservation. Near the Bernalillo–Valencia county line and the Isleta Indian Reservation the river is joined by the Rio San Jose, which flows from the west near Grants through the Laguna Reservation. The Rio Puerco continues south through the Albuquerque Basin to the Rio Grande about south of Belen and about south of Albuquerque.〔USGS topographic maps〕
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