The Tamaulipas hydrography, state of Mexico, is distributed in four large hydrological regions: the Bravos-Conchos region, the San Fernando-Soto la Marina region, the Pánuco region and the El Salado region.
Among the most important water currents that cross the state are the Bravo, Pánuco, San Fernando (Conchos), Purificación, Guayalejo, Tamesí, San Juan, Soto la Marina and El Salado rivers..
In turn, these rivers form some dams that provide drinking water to the population and are the water source that feeds the agricultural and industrial work of the state..
In relation to groundwater, 14 aquifers have been identified in the entity, three of which are overexploited. The state has an availability of 320 million cubic meters of water.
The rivers and other sources of water in the state make up the hydrological basins of Tamaulipas.
The four major hydrographic regions of the state are detailed below:
This region, named with the number 24, covers 18.07% of the total surface of the state.
This region drains the waters of the north of Tamaulipas towards the Rio Grande, which empties into the Gulf of Mexico. The basins of this hydrological region are the following:
This basin covers 10.6% of the state territory.
Covers 1.46% of the territory.
Covers 1.49% of Tamaulipas.
This basin occupies 1.56% of the territory.
It covers 2.96% of the territory.
This hydrographic region, which is number 25, is the largest in Tamaulipas since it covers 55.56% of the surface of the state.
It drains the waters of the center and east of the state towards the Soto la Marina and San Fernando rivers. It also provides water to the Madre, San Andrés and Morales lagoons, which discharge into the Gulf of Mexico..
Its hydrographic basins are:
This covers 8.02% of the state territory.
It covers 23.93% of Tamaulipas.
It covers 12.31% of the territory.
It occupies 11.3% of the territory.
Covers 5.79% of the state's surface and drains the waters of the southwest of Tamaulipas.
This basin is an inland slope, made up of closed basins that do not have rivers or other important surface currents..
This region is number 26 and covers 20.58% of the surface of the state.
Drains the waters of southern Tamaulipas into the Tamesí River. The latter flows into the Pánuco river; and the Pánuco, in turn, empties into the Gulf of Mexico.
The basins of this hydrological region are:
Covers 19.22% of the territory.
It covers 1.36% of the state.
This region has several bodies of water, among which are several lagoons: Madre, Champayán, Andra La Piedra, El Barril, La Nacha and Vaso Palito Blanco. It is categorized with the number 37.
The El Salado region has several dams:
- Falcón International Dam.
- Vicente Guerrero Dam.
- Spanish Republic Dam.
- Consumador Dam of National Independence.
- Marte R. Gómez Dam.
- Dam La Patria es Primero.
- Ramiro Caballero Dorantes Student Dam.
- Dam Prof. and Gral. Alberto Carrera Torres.
- Dam Lic. Emilio Portes Gil.
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