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Texas Gulf Coast is an intertidal zone which borders the coastal region of South Texas, Southeast Texas, and the Texas Coastal Bend.The Texas coastal geography boundaries the Gulf of Mexico encompassing a geographical distance relative bearing at 367 miles (591 km) of coastline according to CRS [1] and 3,359 miles (5,406 km) of shoreline according to NOAA.
Port cities and towns in Texas (4 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Port cities and towns of the United States Gulf Coast" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Texas Coastal Bend illustration bordering the Gulf of Mexico. The Texas Coastal Bend, or just the Coastal Bend, is a geographical region in the US state of Texas. The name refers to the area being a curve along the Texas Gulf Coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The largest city of the Coastal Bend is Corpus Christi.
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 ...
The islands enclose a series of estuaries along the Texas coast and attract tourists for activities such as recreational fishing and dolphin watching. The seven barrier islands, listed from northeast to southwest, are Galveston Island , Follet's Island , Matagorda Island , San José Island , Mustang Island , Padre Island , and Brazos Island .
Based in Houston, the Houston-Galveston Area Council is a member of the Texas Association of Regional Councils. Its service area is 12,500 square miles and contains more than 6 million people in Southeast Texas. H-GAC is the regional organization through which local governments consider issues and cooperate in solving area-wide problems.
The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW [1]) is the portion of the Intracoastal Waterway located along the Gulf Coast of the United States. It is a navigable inland waterway running approximately 1,300 mi (2,100 km) [ 1 ] from Saint Marks, Florida , to Brownsville , Texas .
Matagorda County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 36,255. [1] Its county seat is Bay City, [2] not to be confused with the larger Baytown in Harris and Chambers Counties. Matagorda County is named for the canebrakes that once grew along the coast (matagorda is a Spanish word meaning ...