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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.
NOAA map of the 3,856 oil and gas platforms extant off the Gulf Coast in 2006. The Gulf Coast is a major center of economic activity. The marshlands along the Louisiana and Texas coasts provide breeding grounds and nurseries for ocean life that drive the fishing and shrimping industries.
The first European to see Texas was Alonso Álvarez de Pineda, who led an expedition for the governor of Jamaica, Francisco de Garay, in 1520.While searching for a passage between the Gulf of Mexico and Asia, [17] Álvarez de Pineda created the first map of the northern Gulf Coast. [18]
As of July 1, 2024, Texas had a population of 31,290,831, up from 30,727,890 as of July 1, 2023, and 29,149,458 as of July 1, 2022. Texas also reporte Migration drives population growth in Texas
The Mission–Aransas Estuary is the fifth largest of the Texas estuaries, with a surface area of 111,780 acres (45,240 ha) including Aransas Bay and its extensions in Redfish Bay to the southwest, Copano Bay to the northwest, and Saint Charles Bay to the north. The natural portions have an average depth of around 5.5 feet (1.7 m). [17]
The French colonization of Texas started when Robert Cavelier de La Salle intended to found the colony at the mouth of the Mississippi River, but inaccurate maps and navigational errors caused his ships to anchor instead 400 miles (640 km) to the west, off the coast of Texas. The colony survived until 1688.
Many of those immigrants settled in Texas, [10] bringing the foreign-born population of Texas to almost 17% by 2010. [11] As of 2022, Texas had a foreign-born population of 5,169,126 people, 63.5% of whom are of Latino origin [3] The state has the second-largest population of immigrants in the United States and the second-highest number of ...
Jan. 10—AUSTIN — Land Commissioner Dr. Dawn Buckingham announced Wednesday that the General Land Office is currently accepting admissions for the 28th Annual Treasures of the Texas Coast ...