Double Mountain Fork Brazos River | |
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![]() Double Mountain Fork, Fisher County, Texas | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Texas |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Llano Estacado, 18.5 km southeast of Tahoka, Texas |
• location | Lynn County, Texas |
• coordinates | 33°03′19″N 101°38′17″W / 33.05528°N 101.63806°W |
• elevation | 890 m (2,920 ft) |
Mouth | Confluence Double Mountain / Salt Fork |
• location | Stonewall County, Texas |
• coordinates | 33°16′03″N 100°00′38″W / 33.26750°N 100.01056°W |
• elevation | 451 m (1,480 ft)[1] |
Length | 280 km (170 mi) |
Basin size | 7,097 km2 (2,740 sq mi)[2] |
The Double Mountain Fork Brazos River is an ephemeral, sandy-braided stream about 170 mi (280 km) long, heading on the Llano Estacado of West Texas about 11.5 mi (18.5 km) southeast of Tahoka, Texas, flowing east-northeast across the western Rolling Plains to join the Salt Fork, forming the Brazos River about 18 mi (29 km) west-northwest of Haskell, Texas.[3]