The Navasota River is a river in east Texas

Texas

Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

, USA. It is about 125 miles (201 km) long, beginning near Mount Calm and flowing south into the Brazos River

Brazos River

The Brazos River, called the Rio de los Brazos de Dios by early Spanish explorers , is the longest river in Texas and the 11th longest river in the United States at from its source at the head of Blackwater Draw, Curry County, New Mexico to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico with a drainage...

 at a point where Brazos County

Brazos County, Texas

Brazos County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas in the Central Texas region. In 2010, its population was 194,851. The county seat is Bryan and it is part of the Bryan-College Station metropolitan area. Brazos is named for the Brazos River, along with Brazoria...

, Grimes County, and Washington County meet.

Name

The river has been known by several names during its history. The indigenous people called it the Nabasoto, Domingo Terán de los Ríos

Domingo Terán de los Ríos

Domingo Terán de los Ríos served as the first governor of Spanish Texas from 1691 to 1692.-Previous service:Terán served the Spanish crown in Peru for two decades. He came to Mexico in 1681, and was governor of the province of Sonora y Sinaloa for approximately five years...

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.

Lakes

The Navasota River is dammed to form several lakes, including Lake Mexia, Springfield Lake , Joe Echols Lake, Lake Groesbeck, Lake Limestone, and Martin Lake.