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The stack interchange between I-35 (along with U.S. 83) and Loop 20 (along with both I-69W and U.S. 59) in Laredo, Texas. In June 2019, Governor Greg Abbott signed Texas House Bill 1079, [6] which directed TxDOT to conduct a comprehensive study of the Ports-to-Plains Corridor. The Ports-to-Plains Advisory Committee was established on August 29 ...
The Fort Hancock Port of Entry is a U.S. Customs and Border Protection port of entry located on the U.S. side of the Fort Hancock–El Porvenir International Bridge along the U.S.–Mexico border. It was established when the original bridge was built by the International Boundary and Water Commission in 1936. [1]
The Falcon Dam was built in 1954 "as part of a joint U.S.-Mexico project to collect water for flood control, hydroelectric power and water for drinking and agriculture." [1] The Falcon Dam Port of Entry is essentially a replacement for the former Zapata Port of Entry, which was situated at a bridge in the town of Zapata, Texas. When the dam was ...
Falcon State Park is 572.6 acres (2.317 km 2) located between Falcon Heights, Texas, and Nueva Ciudad Guerrero, Tamaulipas, and is the southern end of a 98,960-acre (400.5 km 2) International Falcon Reservoir. The park's main activities include camping, swimming, fishing, water skiing, and boating, with a self-guided nature trail.
Cross section showing the water table varying with surface topography as well as a perched water table Cross-section of a hillslope depicting the vadose zone, capillary fringe, water table, and the phreatic or saturated zone. (Source: United States Geological Survey.) The water table is the upper surface of the zone of saturation.
Water levels in wells across Texas are running low because of the extreme drought, groundwater experts say. Drought conditions in the state are getting worse by the week.
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Texas. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3 ), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3 ).
Guitarist Ted Nugent plays the Star Spangled Banner at the #TakeOurBorderBackConvoy rally in Dripping Springs. A crowd of over a thousand turned out to express concerns about border security. pic ...