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  2. Laguna Madre (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Laguna Madre has a salinity of 36 parts per thousand (ppt), [12] which is above the seawater average of 35 ppt. [13] Because of the high salinity, it holds the distinction as one of the Earth's six hypersaline lagoons/bays, the others being Sivash in Ukraine, Laguna Ojo de Liebre on the west coast of Baja California, Spencer Gulf and Shark Bay ...

  3. Estuaries of Texas - Wikipedia

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    The Laguna Madre Estuary is located along the southern coast of Texas in Nueces, Kenedy, Kleberg, Willacy, and Cameron Counties, extending almost to the border with Mexico. [5] It is a long, shallow lagoon with no major river sources, separated from the Gulf of Mexico by Padre Island and Brazos Island and connecting with it through the Port ...

  4. Port Mansfield Channel - Wikipedia

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    Port Mansfield Channel or Mansfield Cut is an artificial waterway encompassing the Laguna Madre positioned at the 97th meridian west on the earth's longest barrier island known as Padre Island. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] During Post–World War II , the tidal inlet was dredged as a private channel differentiating North Padre Island better known as Padre ...

  5. Brazos Santiago Pass (Texas) - Wikipedia

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    In 1879, a screw-pile lighthouse was established in the intertidal zone of the Lower Laguna Madre with a geographic proximity to the Brazos Santiago Pass. [10] The deep foundation architecture was acknowledged as a notable landmark sight for sixty years within the Texas international boundary region of the Lower Rio Grande Valley coast.

  6. Drinkable seawater: Port Isabel to build desalination plant - AOL

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    Jul. 26—With approval of a $10 million Texas Water Development Board loan, the Laguna Madre Water District will build a 10 million gallon seawater desalination plant in Port Isabel using water ...

  7. Laguna Madre (Mexico) - Wikipedia

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    The Laguna Madre is very shallow, with an average depth of only 0.9 m (3.0 ft). [4] The lagoon is connected to the ocean by only two narrow inlets, so the tidal range – which is already minor in this part of the Gulf of Mexico – is negligible. [4]

  8. City of Port Isabel continues water giveaways - AOL

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    Feb. 23—PORT ISABEL — From electricity outages to boil water notices, residents and visitors of the Laguna Madre area have been facing several obstacles created by last week's freezing ...

  9. Laguna Madre Water District, TX -- Moody's assigns Aa2 to ...

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    Rating Action: Moody's assigns Aa2 to Laguna Madre Water District, TX's GOULTGlobal Credit Research - 17 Mar 2022New York, March 17, 2022 -- Moody's Investors Service has assigned an Aa2 rating to ...