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The Trinity River is a 710-mile (1,140 km) [2] river, the longest with a watershed entirely within the U.S. state of Texas. It rises in extreme northern Texas, a few miles south of the Red River. The headwaters are separated by the high bluffs on the southern side of the Red River. The Trinity River was previously identified as the stream that ...
Lake Fork Creek. Rainwater Creek; Neches River. Pine Island Bayou; Village Creek. ... USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas (1974) "River Basin Map of Texas".
The Brazos River (/ ˈ b r æ z ə s / ⓘ BRAZ-əs, Spanish:), called the Río de los Brazos de Dios (translated as "The River of the Arms of God") by early Spanish explorers, is the 14th-longest river in the United States at 1,280 miles (2,060 km) from its headwater source at the head of Blackwater Draw, Roosevelt County, New Mexico [2] to its mouth at the Gulf of Mexico with a 45,000-square ...
Lake Amon G. Carter. Lake Anahuac (once known as Turtle Bay) Aquilla Lake. Amarillo Lake. Lake Arlington (Texas) Lake Arrowhead. Lake Athens (formerly known as Flat Creek Reservoir) Lake Austin. Averhoff Reservoir.
Lake Buchanan (/ bəˈkænən / [1][2]) was formed by the construction of Buchanan Dam by the Lower Colorado River Authority to provide a water supply for the region and to provide hydroelectric power. Buchanan Dam, a structure over 2 mi (3.2 km) in length, was completed in 1939. Lake Buchanan was the first of the Texas Highland Lakes to be ...
Guadalupe River (Texas) The Guadalupe River (/ ˌɡwɑːdəˈlup /) [4] (Spanish pronunciation: [gwaðaˈlupe]) runs from Kerr County, Texas, to San Antonio Bay on the Gulf of Mexico, with an average temperature of 17.75 degrees Celsius (63.95 degrees Fahrenheit). [5] It is a popular destination for rafting, fly fishing, and canoeing.
Lake Waco is a reservoir along the western border of the city. Cameron Park is a 416-acre (168 ha) urban park featuring playgrounds, picnic areas, a cross-country running track, and a disc golf course. [67] In 2009, the US Department of the Interior designated the Cameron Park Trail System as a National Recreation Trail. [68]
Water volume. 409,360 acre⋅ft (504,940,000 m 3) Shore length 1. 83 mi (134 km) Surface elevation. 492 ft (150 m) 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. Lavon Lake is a freshwater reservoir located in southeast Collin County, Texas, on the East Fork of the Trinity River near Wylie, off State Highway 78. [1]