Navasota River
The Navasota as it separates Leon and Robertson counties in east Texas
Brazos River Watershed
Location
Country	United States
State	Texas
Physical characteristics
Source confluence
• location	3.5 miles NNW of Mount Calm, Hill County, Texas
• coordinates	31°48′24″N 96°52′00″W / 31.80667°N 96.86667°W / 31.80667; -96.86667 [1]
• elevation	196 m (643 ft)
Mouth	at its confluence with the Brazos River.
• location	where Brazos County, Texas, Grimes County, Texas, and Washington County, Texas converge.
• coordinates	30°19′54″N 96°09′15″W / 30.33167°N 96.15417°W / 30.33167; -96.15417 [1]
• elevation	44 m (144 ft)
Length	201 km (125 mi)
Discharge
• location	Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas
• minimum	0.76 m3/s (27 cu ft/s)
• maximum	2,390 m3/s (84,000 cu ft/s)

The Navasota River is a river in east Texas, United States. It is about 125 miles (201 km) long, beginning near Mount Calm ^[2] and flowing south into the Brazos River at a point where Brazos, Grimes, and Washington counties converge. ^[3]

Name

The river has been known by several names. The indigenous people called it the Nabasoto, Domingo Terán de los Ríos called it San Cypriano, Fray Isidro Félix de Espinosa called it the San Buenaventura, and in 1727, Pedro de Rivera y Villalón named it the Navasota. ^[2]

Lakes

The Navasota River is dammed to form several lakes, including Lake Mexia, Springfield Lake, Joe Echols Lake, Lake Groesbeck, Lake Limestone, and Lake Fort Parker in Fort Parker State Park. ^[2]

See also

• List of rivers of Texas
• Navasota, Texas

Notes

References

• Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster Incorporated, 1997.

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