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El Camino Real de los Tejas routes in Spanish Texas. Alonso de León, Spanish governor of Coahuila, established the corridor for what became El Camino Real de Tierra Afuera in multiple expeditions to East Texas between 1686 and 1690 to find and destroy a French fort near Lavaca Bay, [2] established by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle on what de León considered to be Spanish lands.
Tinipak or Agos River in Tanay, Rizal. List of major rivers along the mountain range by length. Cagayan River – 518 km (322 miles) Pampanga River – 270 km (170 miles) Ilagan River – 189 km (117 miles) Angat River – 153 km (95 miles) Agos River – 93.8 km (58.3 miles) Pinacanauan River – 82.6 km (51.3 miles) Umiray River – 80.6 km ...
Maps are useful in presenting key facts within a geographical context and enabling a descriptive overview of a complex concept to be accessed easily and quickly. WikiProject Maps encourages the creation of free maps and their upload on Wikimedia Commons. On the project's pages can be found advice, tools, links to resources, and map conventions.
Caney Creek (Matagorda Bay) is a river in Texas that begins northwest of Wharton, flows generally southeast, and empties into the Gulf of Mexico near Sargent.The major waterway to the west is the Colorado River while the next major waterway to the east is the San Bernard River.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Texas: Texas – second-most populous and the second-most extensive of the 50 states of the United States of America. Texas borders Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico in the South Central United States. Texas is placed in the Southern United States by the United States Census ...
Sabine River Taylor Bayou: River sources: Neches River Sabine River: Primary outflows: Sabine Lake: Ocean/sea sources: Gulf of Mexico: Basin countries: United States: Managing agency: Sabine–Neches Navigation District: Built: 1909 () Max. length: 79 mi (127 km)miles: Max. width: 400 ft (120 m) Average depth: 40 ft (12 m) Max. depth: 40 ft (12 ...
River authorities in the U.S. state of Texas are public agencies established by the state legislature and given authority to develop and manage the waters of the state. These authorities are given powers to conserve, store, control, preserve, utilize, and distribute the waters of a designated geographic region for the benefit of the public.
U.S. Highway 96 (US 96) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway that runs for about 117.11 miles (188.47 km) entirely in the U.S state of Texas.Its number is a violation of the standard numbering convention, as even-numbered two-digit highways are east–west routes by rule.