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The '''Navasota River''' is a river in the U.S. state of Texas. It is about 125 miles (201&nbsp;km) long, beginning near Mount Calm<ref name="tex">[http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/rnn02 NAVASOTA RIVER, from Hand Book of Texas Online]</ref> and flowing south into the Brazos River at a point where Brazos, Grimes, and Washington counties converge.<ref>''Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary,'' Third Edition, p. 794</ref>

==Name==

The river has been known by several names. The indigenous people called it the Nabasoto, Domingo Terán de los Ríos called it San Cypriano, Fray Isidro Félix de Espinosa called it the San Buenaventura, and in 1727, Pedro de Rivera y Villalón named it the Navasota.<ref name="tex"/>

==Lakes==

The Navasota River is dammed to form several lakes, including Lake Mexia, Springfield Lake, Joe Echols Lake, Lake Groesbeck, Lake Limestone, and Lake Fort Parker in Fort Parker State Park.<ref name="tex"/>

==See also== *List of rivers of Texas *Navasota, Texas

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==References== *''Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary,'' Third Edition. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster Incorporated, 1997.

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