Running Water Draw is an ephemeral watercourse about 150 mi (240 km) long, heading about 24 mi (39 km) west-northwest of Clovis, New Mexico, and trending generally east-southeast, into Texas, to join Callahan Draw at the head of the White River about 9 mi (14 km) west of Floydada and 34 mi (55 km) northeast of Lubbock.[1]

Running Water Draw
USGS gaging station in Running Water Draw
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationCurry County, New Mexico
 • elevation4,565 ft (1,391 m)
Mouth 
 • location
Floyd County, Texas
 • elevation
3,100 ft (940 m)
Length150 mi (240 km)
Basin size1,620 sq mi (4,200 km2)

Running Water Draw drains an area of 1,620 sq mi (4,200 km2) as it extends across Curry County, New Mexico, and Parmer, Castro, Lamb, Hale, and Floyd Counties of West Texas.[2]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Running Water Draw
  2. ^ Seaber, P.R., Kapinos, F.P. and Knapp, G.L. 1987. Hydrological unit maps. United States Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2294, p. 46.

External links edit

  • "An Analysis of Texas Waterways". Retrieved 2006-05-04.
  • U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Running Water Draw
  • USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas (1974)
  • Photos of the high plains of the Llano Estacado