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  TPWD: An Analysis of Texas Waterways (PWD RP T3200-1047) -- Blanco and Bosque Rivers
The Blanco River in Kendall and Blanco Counties is a narrow and extremely shallow waterway.
The river continues to flow over a bed of limestone and the banks are lined with baldcypress, pecan, willow, and sycamore trees, while the hills away from the river are covered with live oaks and cedars.
The Bosque River in its upper reaches in Erath, Hamilton, and Bosque Counties is a relatively narrow, free-flowing stream.
www.tpwd.state.tx.us /publications/pwdpubs/pwd_rp_t3200_1047/13_c_tx_blanco_bosque.phtml   (1363 words)

  
  The Salado: A Crossroads in Cultures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The Salt River, after which the Salado were named, was the heart of the Salado territory and a major source of water, arable farmland and trade routes to other tribes in the area.
The Salado were in the center of the three major recognized cultures of the Southwest of this time period: the Anasazi to the North, The Mogollon to the East and South, the Hohokam to the West and Southwest.
Salado polychrome pottery appear to be among the most widely traded of all the ceramics of the ancient southwest.
www.cabrillo.edu /~crsmith/salado.html   (3794 words)

  
 Views of the National Parks
The Salado, some of the birds, and perhaps other wild creatures of the desert used many of the desert plants along this trail.
When the Salado came seeking a protected place to live, they found a natural cave some 50 feet deep, 40 feet high, and 85 feet long, littered with all the building stone they needed.
Although the Salado abandoned this pueblo nearly 600 years ago, many signs of their daily lives can still be seen.
www2.nature.nps.gov /views/Sites/TONT/HTML/ET_LCD.htm   (2883 words)

  
 Salado River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Salado River (in Spanish Río Salado, literally "Salty River") is a river that crosses several provinces of Argentina, flowing 1,500 kilometres from its source in the Salta Province to end in the Paraná River, in the Santa Fe Province.
The Salado is born under the name of Juramento River at the Andes range, from thaw and captured precipitations of the 6,500 metre high Acay and Cachi mountains in the Salta Province, near Catamarca Province.
The Salado and the Dulce River ("Sweet River") south to it, run diagonally in direction south-east, and are the most important rivers to cross the arid lands of Santiago del Estero, being the economic and demographic axis of the province.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Salado_River   (455 words)

  
 ASU Libraries: Tempe Rio Salado Collection
Dubbed "Rio Salado" -- Salt River in Spanish -- the students' plan called for turning the riverbed into an asset by creating a mixed-use development centered around an urban greenbelt.
The concept was developed over the next two decades, and in 1987 a proposal for funding the project was submitted to the voters of Maricopa County.
River channelization has been completed, and the city is currently seeking commitments from private developers to anchor significant segments of the project.
www.asu.edu /lib/arch/libarchives/drawings/temperio.html   (182 words)

  
 The Salado: People of the Salt River
A favorite was the fruit of the saguaro cactus, which ripened in midsummer and was harvested by Salado women.
No one knows why, though the Salado were not the only ones to depart their homelands in the southern mountains of the Southwest around this time.
Taken together, Salado artifacts give us a picture of an adaptable people who coped successfully with a dry, harsh climate and made the most of their environment.
www.nps.gov /archive/tont/culture/salado.htm   (905 words)

  
 Salado Creek and the Farmer's Well
Salado Creek winds its way for 40 serpentine miles from north central Bexar county near Camp Bullis through the eastern side of town before confluencing with the San Antonio River a few miles south of Loop 410.
It maintained an ecosystem in Salado Creek that was probably much like what existed 150 years ago, but it was deemed a "waste" and was plugged by the Edwards Underground Water District in 1992.
In April '97 city staff completed a study of the Salado watershed that identified 169 residences, 65 businesses, and 10 apartments that would be subject to flooding during a 100 year flood.
www.edwardsaquifer.net /salado.html   (1226 words)

  
 TPWD: An Analysis of Texas Waterways (PWD RP T3200-1047) -- Rio Grande River, Part 1
The river bordering Hudspeth and Presidio Counties, particularly in the vicinity of the Quitman Mountains, is very scenic.
The canyon is formed as the river flows around the bulk of Colorado Mountain.
There is a break in the middle of the canyon where the walls recede from the river for about a quarter of a mile.
www.tpwd.state.tx.us /publications/pwdpubs/pwd_rp_t3200_1047/27_w_tx_rio_grande_01.phtml   (1802 words)

  
 Salt River Recaptures Past and Becomes River of Health
The Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Project is ready to open to the public, 40 years after river reclamation was conceived and almost 20 years after voters rejected an earlier plan to redevelop the river.
Above the low-flow channel, at the previous river bottom, are terraces that hold 76,000 native plants, grown from cuttings or seeds found within a half-mile of the river.
He and his classes developed their plans at a time when the river was a dried-up eyesore that was home to sand and gravel mines, dumps and heavy industry — as it remains in some parts of the Valley.
aznews.us /salt_river_recaptures_past_and_becomes_river_of_health.htm   (1728 words)

  
 Tonto National Monument --Reading 1
The Salado culture combined customs and characteristics of several American Indian groups who lived in the area, such as the Mogollon, whose pottery styles and burial traditions they adopted.
Evidence also suggests that the Salado supplemented farmed crops with the buds, leaves, and roots of a wide variety of native plants, including prickly pear and saguaro cactus, and such trees as mesquite, fl walnut, sycamore, and hackberry.
Experts widely agree that the Salado walked away from their cliff dwellings sometime around A.D. By this time, the population had grown so large that demand and overuse led to a scarcity of resources, and the quality of life declined.
www.cr.nps.gov /nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/125tonto/125facts1.htm   (1378 words)

  
 Archaeological Sites near Phoenix
Salado culture represents an amalgam of Anasazi and Mogollon cultures.
The Salado were irrigation farmers and hunter-gatherers; they produced pottery and cotton textiles.
The pueblo's construction is primarily river cobbles and adobe and has been restored to constitute an open-air museum of great interest: not merely vacant rooms, but pottery and other artifacts of this ancient agricultural community.
www.archaeologicadventures.com /history2.html   (641 words)

  
 SpiritKeep - The Salado People
No one really knows why, although the Salado were not the only ones to depart their homelands in the southern mountains of the Southwest around this time.
The Salado were fine craftsmen, producing some of the most exquisite polychrome pottery and intricately woven textiles to be found in the Southwest.
Red clay came from local pits along the river or hillsides, and coloring was derived from plants and minerals.
www.azsilver.com /spiritkeep/NewFiles/saladohistory.html   (942 words)

  
 Salado Creek, Arkansas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
Salado Creek is a runoff-fed creek that depends almost entirely upon recent local rainfall.
Salado Creek is another of those great Arkansas runs that is only boatable after a heavy local rainstorm drenches the drainage basin.
There are no river gauges to tell you how the creek is flowing, so paddlers need to stop at the take-out on the way upriver to view the stone bridge at US Highway 167 near Salado.
southwestpaddler.com /docs/whitear18.html   (1375 words)

  
 Tempe Town Lake on the Rio Salado - Salt River Channelization
Channelization of the Salt River was completed in 1996 and recovered 843 acres of developable land from the floodplain.
The channelization, which was funded by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) and Flood Control District of Maricopa County (FCDMC) features eight-foot thick soil cement on a lower 10-year flood levee (extending to the bottom of the channel) and wire mesh-encased rock gabions on a 200-year flood levee.
A 12-foot deep concrete structure is being used as part of the foundation of the inflatable dam at the west end of the lake.
www.tempe.gov /lake/Lakehistory/channelization.htm   (464 words)

  
 Salado River (Buenos Aires) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The basin of the river covers 170,000 km²; over half of the province's area, with an average of 2,000 mm of annual precipitations, which often produce floodings in this depressed area.
The river goes past the cities of Junín, Roque Pérez and General Belgrano, as well as a number of wetlands and lagoons; canalization of the lower course has improved the drainage of the river's 88 m³/s.
In the 17th century, before the Conquest of the Desert, the river served as limit between the Spanish colonised lands and those still under control of the Native Americans.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Salado_River_(Buenos_Aires)   (168 words)

  
 Besh-Ba-Gowah Archaeological Park
Salado Culture is identified as the cultural period from 1150 to 1450 in the Tonto Basin.
Pinal Creek is located in the north slope foothills of the Pinal Mountains and drains to the Salt River.
Salado occupation is equated to the 1225 to 1400 AD period.
www.jqjacobs.net /southwest/besh_ba_gowah.html   (1371 words)

  
 Classic Hohokam, 1969, Salado Theory
Hayden wrote however, that as the Salado moved in, they completely took control of the villages, canals and the cultivated lands of the Hohokam, completely submerging the Hohokam except for canal building, irrigation and cremation (Hayden 1957:195).
On a map (Haury 1945:206) the greatest expansion of the Salado is indicated as including most of the Verde drainage, and the entire Agua Fria and Hassayampa drainages.
It is this writers contention that the Salado people, and others in the Southwest, were cognizant of such movements as expressed by raiding parties, and that enclosing compound walls were one defense against them.
www.inficad.com /~duering/hohokam/ch030_69.htm   (1061 words)

  
 Salado - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Salado   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
The first, also called Salado del Norte, or Juramento in the north of the country, rises in the Andes and flows southeast to join the Paraná River between the towns of Santa Fé and Rosario, 384 km/239 mi northwest of Buenos Aires.
The third, also called Desaguadero, or Salado del Sud lies in western Argentina; length 1,368 km/850 mi; it rises in the Andes and flows southwards, forming the boundary between the departments of Mendoza and San Luis, before traversing La Pampa department, where it is known as the Chadileo, and further south as the Curaro.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Salado   (231 words)

  
 Salado Creek: A TMDL Project for Dissolved Oxygen - Texas Commission on Environmental Quality - www.tceq.state.tx.us
Salado Creek is a tributary of the San Antonio River in Bexar County.
Project staff determined that there was additional capacity in Salado Creek to assimilate oxygen-demanding materials and therefore the water-quality standards for support of the aquatic life use have been met.
Measures include the introduction of reused water to supplement the base flow in the stream, the rehabilitation of the sewage-collection system in the watershed, the establishment of additional park areas along the creek, public education, and continued water-quality monitoring.
www.tceq.state.tx.us /implementation/water/tmdl/11-salado.html   (287 words)

  
 Kids help Rio Salado Project
Students who attend some of the schools along the Salt River were challenged to come up with ideas about how to restore a section of the river as part of the Service at Salado project and after-school science club.
Financed by a $100,000 grant from the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust, the project tapped the minds of elementary-age youngsters at CO Greenfield, Sunland and Valley View schools in the Roosevelt Elementary School District and some students in the Phoenix Elementary district.
The massive river renovation is in a five-mile section of the Salt River within Phoenix.
www.azcentral.com /community/westvalley/articles/1211roosesalado1210Z1.html   (479 words)

  
 Mickey Papillon
The Rio Salado Project itself is merely a concept devoted to the land and water development in the Salt River Flood area.
The concept of a so-called "green belt" area around the river was proposed, and by the mid 1970’s, planning had begun.
Lounging by a river with a picturesque view of the mountains in the background.
www.public.asu.edu /~jvanasu/315/mickey.html   (2134 words)

  
 Rivers of South America - List of Items - MSN Encarta
Rivers of South America - List of Items - MSN Encarta
, also Río Salado del Norte, river in northern Argentina.
The river, 1,800 km (1,100 mi) long, rises in the...
encarta.msn.com /refedlist_210014636_19/Salado.html   (31 words)

  
 salado texas travel guide
Salado is found in a slight dip of a country road (more..
Two area lakes and a river provided nesting for the first stagecoach stop on the networks of cattle trails moving cowboys and cattle from San Antonio to Missouri and beyond.
Be the stop a cool break alongside the spring fed waters of Salado Creek or a beverage sipped under the swirling fan of a restaurant tucked inside an historic mansion, there is something for everyone.
www.saladotexas.com   (363 words)

  
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Although the entire river through the metropolitan area was researched, the initial Rio Salado project was recommended to occupy a five-mile stretch of the river in central Phoenix and in three locations adjacent to Tempe's planned Town Lake.
The lower Salt River was originally a perennial stream, fed by the snowmelt from the mountains to the east and highlands to the northeast.
The river had many channel meanders, sand bars and backwater areas that were conducive to riparian plant and wildlife growth.
www.spl.usace.army.mil /pd/az/riosalado.html   (1630 words)

  
 Tempe Town Lake on the Rio Salado Historic Timeline
The photographer took this photo during a dry season, when the river was filled with mesquite, creosote and brush.
The Salt River transformed from a flowing river to a barren wasteland with tremendous flooding potential.
The abutment of the historic Ash Avenue Bridge remains as a monument on the south side of the river.
www.tempe.gov /lake/LakeHistory/timlin.htm   (2790 words)

  
 EPA: Federal Register: Intent To Prepare a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Rio Salado Oeste ...
The study area is the Salt River (Rio Salado in Spanish) between 19th Avenue and 83rd Avenue.
The feasibility study area is located on the Salt River (Rio Salado in Spanish) in Phoenix, Arizona, between 19th Avenue and 83rd Avenue.
The Rio Salado Oeste (Salt River--West) study area is just west of the authorized Rio Salado project and just east of the authorized Tres Rios Project.
www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2001/August/Day-28/i21697.htm   (599 words)

  
 Peces Criollos: Hyphessobrycon isiri Cheirodon ibicuhiensis Hyphessobrycon togoi Astyanax aramburui Astyanax endy ...
Salado river system and tributaries of the Río de la Plata in the Buenos Aires province, Argentina.
In Buenos Aires province Hyphessobrycon togoi is found in the Salado river and in ponds, marshes and creeks within the Salado basin.
The Salado river crosses Buenos Aires province from the northwest to southeast, running for approximately 690 km in the Pampasia and finally draining into Bahía de Samborombón.
www.pecescriollos.de /go/hyphessobrycon-togoi   (329 words)

  
 Press Release
This is an effort to restore and revitalize the Rio Salado river and nearby areas while also controlling the flood zones with proper channels.
This is a water reclamation and reuse project along the Agua Fria River that also incorporates a portion of the outflow from the seven-mile Tres Rios project.
The funding would allow the city of Phoenix to move forward aggressively on the feasibility phase of the river bed restoration effort connecting the Rio Salado Project at 19th Avenue with the Tres Rios Project at 83rd Avenue.
www.house.gov /pastor/pr010628b.htm   (543 words)

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