Concho River

The Concho River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas.Concho is Spanish for "shell"; the river was so named due to its abundance of freshwater mussels, such as the Tampico pearly mussel .

The Concho River has three primary feeds: the North, Middle, and South Concho Rivers. It is noteworthy that the South Concho River is the ONLY north flowing river in Texas. The North Concho River is the longest fork, starting in Howard County and traveling southeast for 88 mi until merging with the South and Middle forks near Goodfellow Air Force Base in San Angelo, Texas. The combined branches of the river flow east about 58 mi until it eventually empties into the Colorado River within the waters of the O.H. Ivie Lake about 12 mi east of Paint Rock, Texas.

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