Rio Salado (Mexico)

{{For|the river in Oaxaca|Salado River (Oaxaca)}}

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| map_caption = Map of the Rio Grande watershed, showing the Rio Salado joining the Rio Grande south of Laredo.

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| subdivision_name1 = Mexico

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| subdivision_name2 = Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas

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| discharge1_location= IBWC station 08-4597.00 near Las Tortillas, Tamaulipas

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| source1 = Sierra Madre Oriental

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| mouth = Rio Grande

| mouth_location = Falcon International Reservoir

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The Río Salado, also Río Salado de los Nadadores,{{GEOnet2|32FA882B18DC3774E0440003BA962ED3|Rio Salado}} 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.{{cite web |url= http://www.ibwc.gov/Water_Data/water_bulletins.html |title= Water Bulletin Number 75: Flow of the Rio Grande and Related Data; From Elephant Butte Dam, New Mexico to the Gulf of Mexico |year= 2005 |publisher= International Boundary and Water Commission |accessdate= 17 July 2010}}