Pecos River

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Pe·cos River

 (pā′kəs)
A river of eastern New Mexico and western Texas flowing about 1,450 km (900 mi) south and southeast to the Rio Grande.
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Noun1.Pecos River - a tributary of the Rio Grande that flows southeastward from New Mexico through western TexasPecos River - a tributary of the Rio Grande that flows southeastward from New Mexico through western Texas
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Land of Enchantment, New Mexico, NM - a state in southwestern United States on the Mexican border
Lone-Star State, Texas, TX - the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico
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Status of the Texas hornshell and native freshwater mussels (Unionoidea) in the Rio Grande and Pecos River of New Mexico and Texas.
New records of the Texas hornshell Popenaias popeii (bivalvia: unionidae) from Texas and northern Mexico
In New Mexico, it grows near the town of Grants, along the Rio San Jose, in and around the town of Santa Rosa, and near the Pecos River from just north of Roswell to just north of Dexter.
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Three families camping along the Pecos River were caught in the fire.
El Paso Natural Gas Pipeline Ruptures Near Carlsbad, New Mexico
THE PECOS RIVER VALLEY in eastern New Mexico is a wide swath of trees and green fields.
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"This development is especially important in light of the effects of the Pecos River Compact, which annually guarantees a certain amount of water delivered downriver to Texas, and other New Mexico water issues," according to a brush and weed scientist at the Artesia Agricultural Science Center.
A plant from Australia is introduced to the U.S. as a yard ornamental; 150 years later, rivers and lakes dry up
On 20 April 2011, SRD collected a live Pecos bluntnose shiner (Notropis simus pecosensis, 59-mm standard length) in the Pecos River near the confluence of Willow Creek, Chaves County, New Mexico, with a large, major-worker, carpenter ant (Camponotus vicinus; width of head, 3.4 mm) lodged in its throat.
Consumption of a dangerous ant (Camponotus vicinus) by a threatened minnow (Notropis simus pecosensis)
The Pecos River Pipeline project is scheduled to be operational by early 2013.
Bridger joins Advantage Pipeline in development of Pecos River project
Abstract.--Gut contents of headwater catfish Ictalurus lupus were examined from Independence Creek (Pecos River drainage) and Dolan Creek (Devils River drainage) of west Texas.
Gut content analysis of the headwater catfish ictalurus lupus from two west texas streams
It's slow going down a rocky back road to the Pecos River. Stiff springs on the four-wheel drive jostle me around the cab.
A Road Trip for Recovery
20 accident directed the company to perform hydrostatic tests and perform both x-ray and ultrasonic examinations of the pipeline in the vicinity of the Pecos River where the accident occurred.
El Paso Pipeline May Spur Government Action
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