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Rio Grande De Cagayan

the largest river in Luzon, Philippine Isriver in Luzon, Philippine Is- RIOJA lands. It has its rise in the mountainisland, flows north two hundred miles ous regions of the central part of the and empties into the China Sea near the northern extremity of Luzon. The river is navigable for a distance of 13 miles from its mouth, to the town of Lallo, for river steamboats with a draught not exceeding 12 feet. The best quality of tobacco raised in the Philippines is produced along the banks of the river. RIO GRANDE, RIO GRANDE DEL NORTE, or RIO BRAVO DEL NORTE, a large river of North America, rises in the San Juan mountains in southwestern Colorado, and flows generally S. ern Colorado, and flows generally S. E. into the Gulf of Mexico, forming on its way the entire boundary between Texas and Mexico. Its length is about 1,800 miles; it is for the most part a shallow stre stream, but small steamboats can ascend for nearly 500 miles. Its chief affluent is the Rio Pecos. time state of northeastern Brazil. Area,