Double Mountain Fork Brazos River

Double Mountain Fork Brazos River
Double Mountain Fork Brazos River
	Double Mountain Fork, Fisher County, Texas
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)
Length	280 km (170 mi)
Basin size	7,097 km2 (2,740 sq mi)

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]

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Double Mountain Fork Brazos River
^ Seaber, P.R., Kapinos, F.P. and Knapp, G.L. 1987. Hydrological unit maps. United States Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2294, p. 46.
^ United States Board on Geographical Names. 1964. Decisions on Geographical Names in the United States, Decision list no. 6402, United States Department of the Interior, Washington DC, p. 51.

[GNIS-1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Double Mountain Fork Brazos River

[2] Seaber, P.R., Kapinos, F.P. and Knapp, G.L. 1987. Hydrological unit maps. United States Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2294, p. 46.

[Board-3] United States Board on Geographical Names. 1964. Decisions on Geographical Names in the United States, Decision list no. 6402, United States Department of the Interior, Washington DC, p. 51.

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