Medina River

Medina River Río Mariano, Río San Jose, Río de Bagres
Medina River near Bandera, Texas
Map of the Medina River watershed
Location
Country	United States
State	Texas
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Bandera County, Texas
• coordinates	29°47′46″N 99°15′19″W / 29.79611°N 99.25528°W / 29.79611; -99.25528[1]
Mouth	San Antonio River
• location	Bexar County, Texas
• coordinates	29°14′04″N 98°24′28″W / 29.23444°N 98.40778°W / 29.23444; -98.40778[1]
• elevation	128 m (420 ft)

The Medina River is located in south central

The Medina River was named after Pedro de Medina, a Spanish cartographer, by Alonso de León, Spanish governor of Coahuila, New Spain in 1689. It once served as the official boundary between Texas and Coahuila^[2] with the San Antonio River being considered its tributary. At that time, the river was called the Medina all the way to the Gulf of Mexico, but now the part below the confluence is called the San Antonio River.

From 1849,

Natural features

Much of the source water to the Medina River is produced by springs emerging due to the presence of the

The Medina River once received significant waste discharge from upstream catfish farming operations, which utilized more water than was sustainable to the basin's safe usage.[4]

See also

• List of rivers of Texas
• Medina Valley Independent School District
• Medina, Bandera County, Texas

Notes

References

• Edmondson, J. R. (2000), The Alamo Story: From History to Current Conflicts, Plano: Republic of Texas Press,
  ISBN 1-55622-678-0
• Robert Glennon. 2004. Water Follies: Groundwater Pumping and the Fate of America's Fresh Waters, Island Press, 314 pages
  ISBN 978-1-55963-400-7
• C. Michael Hogan. 2009. California Fan Palm: Washingtonia filifera, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Stromberg

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Medina River.

• Medina River from the Handbook of Texas Online