Embudo Creek
| Embudo Creek | |
|---|---|
The mesas from which the name is derived can be seen in the background. | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Mexico |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | North Truchas Peak |
| • elevation | 13,024 ft (3,970 m) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Embudo |
• coordinates | 36°12′56″N 105°55′08″W / 36.21544°N 105.91901°W |
• elevation | 5,800 ft (1,800 m) |
| Basin size | 305 sq mi (790 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Dixon |
| • average | 80.3 cfs (1924-2013) |
| • minimum | 12.8 cfs (1951) |
| • maximum | 235 cfs (1941) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Rio Grande |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Rio de las Trampas |
Embudo Creek, also known as Rio Embudo, is formed by the confluence of the Rio Pueblo and Santa Barbara Creek near Peñasco in Taos County, New Mexico. The Embudo (named after the Spanish word meaning “funnel”) empties into the Rio Grande near the community of Embudo between two distinctively shaped buttes, thus creating a funnel effect. Before emptying into the Rio Grande the river flows through Dixon in Rio Arriba County. Irrigation canals (acequias) built in the 19th century to divert water from the headwaters of Embudo Creek are a continuing source of controversy.