Concho River Río Concho | |
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![]() The Concho River in San Angelo, Texas | |
![]() Map of the Concho River and associated watershed | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Texas |
Counties | Concho and Tom Green |
Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | |
• coordinates | 31°34′17″N 99°43′29″W / 31.57139°N 99.72472°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,480 ft (450 m) [1] |
The Concho River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas.[1] Concho is Spanish for "shell"; the river was so named due to its abundance of freshwater mussels,[2] such as the Tampico pearly mussel (Cyrtonaias tampicoensis).