Here are a few interesting facts about the San Antonio River:
* In Spanish, the River Walk’s name is Paseo del Rio.
* The River Walk is maintained and operated as a park by the San Antonio Parks and Recreation Department.
* The source of the river’s headwaters are natural springs that are part of a vast underground lake called the Edwards Aquifer, also a source of drinking water for much of the Hill Country and San Antonio.
* The reason the River seems small is because the headwaters are very near downtown. For instance, the “Mighty Mississippi” begins with a stream that’s only five feet across.
* The San Antonio River ultimately flows for 131 miles through six counties, and empties into the Guadalupe River, a few miles inland from San Antonio Bay on the Gulf of Mexico.
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