Nueces River

Nueces River Río de las Nueces
U.S. Highway 83 crosses the Nueces River in northern Zavala County between La Pryor and Uvalde, Texas.
Nueces River watershed
Native name	Chotilapacquen (Coahuilteco)
Location
Country	United States
State	Texas
Physical characteristics
Source	Edwards Plateau
Source confluence	Hackberry Hollow, Edwards County, Texas
Mouth	Corpus Christi Bay
• location	Nueces County, Texas
• coordinates	27°50′16″N 97°29′22″W / 27.83778°N 97.48944°W / 27.83778; -97.48944
Length	315 mi (507 km)
Discharge
• location	Northwest Corpus Christi, TX

The Nueces River (/njuˈeɪsɪs/ new-AY-siss; Spanish: Río Nueces, IPA: [ˈri.o ˈnweses]) is a river in the U.S. state of Texas, about 315 miles (507 km) long.^[1] It drains a region in central and southern Texas southeastward into the Gulf of Mexico. It is the southernmost major river in Texas northeast of the Rio Grande. Nueces is Spanish for nuts, specifically pecans;^[2] early settlers named the river after the numerous pecan trees along its banks.