The Brazos River (/ ˈ b r æ z ə s / BRAZ-əs, Spanish: ), called the Río de los Brazos de Dios (translated as "The River of the Arms of God") by early Spanish explorers, is the 11th-longest river in the United States at 1,280 miles (2,060 km) from its headwater source at the head of Blackwater Draw, Roosevelt County, New Mexico to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico with a …

Brazos Valley (/ ˈ b r æ z ə s / BRAZ-əs) comprises the following 7 counties in Central Texas: Brazos, Burleson, and Robertson (which collectively comprise the Bryan–College Station metropolitan area), and the neighboring counties of Grimes, Leon, Madison, and Washington.. The area is centered on Brazos County, the cities of College Station and Bryan, and Texas A&M …