Rio Conchos

The course of the Río Conchos

The Río Conchos is the longest river in the Mexican state of Chihuahua and one of the most important rivers in northern Mexico. It flows exclusively through the state of Chihuahua, in the mountainous Sierra Madre Occidental, he rises in the municipality of Ojinaga Bocoyna and flows into the Rio Grande (Río Bravo).

Important tributary of the Rio Grande

The Río Conchos is the main tributary of the Rio Grande. Only through the mighty waters of the Conchos is a real flow from the Rio Grande again. Before the influx of Rio Grande drives leisurely therefore, because a large part of its volume of water for the irrigation of entire agricultural land will be used. Immediately prior to the inflow of the Río Conchos the American- Mexican border river is neither grande (ie large) still bravo (wild), as Don Henry Ford, Jr. held in his report of 2004.

For the purpose of water regulation both rivers are crisscrossed by an elaborate system of reservoirs. The rivers are used for irrigation of the surrounding agricultural areas, thereby deprived them of enormous quantities of water.

The water forwarding contract

Because of Ojinaga eastward flowing Rio Grande should always have a sufficient volume of water, the governments of the two countries (USA and Mexico) have 1944 an agreement, which regulates how much water Mexico may withdraw from the Río Conchos and what amounts of water in the Rio Grande are to be forwarded. Because the amount of water of the Rio Grande were often declined in recent years, Texas accused its southern neighbors not to fulfill his contract. So Susan Combs has collected satellite photos in their capacity as former Texas Agriculture Commissioner, which should prove that Chihuahua for irrigation of agricultural land own the Río Conchos above the permissible level also uses in violation of the Treaty of 1944. In Mexico, made ​​, however, a period of drought for the smaller amounts of water responsible and saw the coming of the U.S. allegations of a breach of contract calmly: " It 's of no consequence, what is written on paper - if there is no water there, can one either be delivered. "