page_title: Rio Salado (Mexico)
hierarchical_section_title: Rio Salado (Mexico)
caption_attribution_description: Map showing the Rio Grande, and its tributaries — within the Rio Grande drainage basin Located in northeastern Mexico and the southwestern / south-central United States.
context_page_description: The Río Salado, also Río Salado de los Nadadores, or Salado River, is a river in northern Mexico, a tributary of the Rio Grande. Its basin extends across the northern portion of Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas states.
  It originates in the Sierra Madre Oriental in Coahuila and flows east-northeastward. It is joined by the Rio Sabinas in the reservoir created by the Venustiano Carranza Dam. The Salado flows southeast from the reservoir through northern Nuevo León and northwestern Tamaulipas, where it is joined by the Sabinas Hidalgo River, to join the Rio Grande in the Falcón Reservoir, at Rio Grande river kilometer 43.
context_section_description: The Río Salado, also Río Salado de los Nadadores, or Salado River, is a river in northern Mexico, a tributary of the Rio Grande (Río Bravo). Its basin extends across the northern portion of Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas states.
  It originates in the Sierra Madre Oriental in Coahuila and flows east-northeastward. It is joined by the Rio Sabinas in the reservoir created by the Venustiano Carranza Dam. The Salado flows southeast from the reservoir through northern Nuevo León and northwestern Tamaulipas, where it is joined by the Sabinas Hidalgo River, to join the Rio Grande in the Falcón Reservoir, at Rio Grande river kilometer 43.
caption: Map of the Rio Grande watershed, showing the Rio Salado joining the Rio Grande south of Laredo.
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