{{About|the river|other uses|Aransas (disambiguation){{!}}Aransas}} {{Distinguish|Arkansas River}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
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The '''Aransas River''' is a short river in south Texas in the United States. It drains an area of the south Texas coastal plains into the Gulf of Mexico. It rises in Bee County southwest of Beeville and north of Skidmore, from the confluence of three creeks: Olmos, Aransas, and Poesta. It flows generally south and southeast in a highly winding course, entering Copano Bay on the Gulf of Mexico along the Refugio-Aransas county line, approximately {{convert|10|mi|km|0}} northwest of Rockport.
For some of the period when Texas was a state in Mexico, the Aransas formed the southwestern boundary, separating it from the neighboring Mexican state of Coahuila.
==See also== *List of rivers of Texas *Aransas Bay *Aransas County, Texas *Aransas Pass, Texas
== External links == * {{Handbook of Texas|id=rna02|name=Aransas River}}
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Category:Rivers of Texas Category:Bodies of water of Bee County, Texas Category:Rivers of Refugio County, Texas Category:Bodies of water of Aransas County, Texas
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