The Dynamic Duo --
The Salt Fork and Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos on the
Texas High Plains Brazos River Watershed

The Brazos river watershed

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"The Brazos does not come from haunts of coot and hern, or even from mountains.  It comes from West Texas, and in part from an equally stark stretch of New Mexico, and it runs for something over 800 miles down to the Gulf.  On the high plains it is a gypsum-salty intermittent creek; down toward the coast it is a rolling Southern river, with levees and cotton fields and ancient hardwood bottoms.  It slices across Texas history as it does across the map of the state; the Republics first capitol stood by it, near the coast, and settlement flowed northwestward up its long trough as the water flowed down."
  
From John Graves Goodbye to a River 1957

Brazos River Watershed Information Center

About the Brazos River

Texas Parks and Wildlife Information on the Brazos

Maps of Texas from TCEQ

• Brazos River Watershed Regions

• Brazos River Watershed Ecosystems

• Brazos River Watershed Tributaries and Lakes

• Brazos River Watershed Plants and Animals

Notes for the Teacher

ACTIVITIES

• Map the regions of the Brazos River Watershed -- What do you think?

• Brazos River Watershed Regions PowerPoint

• Map the regions of the Brazos River Watershed -- What do you know?

  • Rubrics Performance Objective 1A -- Regions

• Map the ecosystems of the Brazos River Watershed -- What do you think?

• Brazos River Watershed Ecosystems PowerPoint

• Map the ecosystems of the Brazos River Watershed -- What do you know?

  • Rubrics Performance Objective 1B -- Ecosystems

• Map the tributaries and lakes of the Brazos River Watershed -- What do you think?

• Brazos River Watershed tributaries and lakes PowerPoint

• Map the tributaries and lakes of the Brazos River Watershed -- What do you know?

  • Rubrics Performance Objective 1 -- Tributaries and Lakes

• Brazos River Watershed Plants and Animals Web Quest

• Brazos River Watershed Food Chains

• Brazos River Watershed Food Web

  • Rubrics Performance Objective 1D -- Food Webs

Notes for the Learner

Credits

This material may be used for educational purposes.  Please contact Marcia Talkmitt with any intent to use or revise.