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The Guadalupe River (/ ˌ ɡ w ɑː d ə ˈ l u p /) [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.
Thousands of people tube down the Comal River in the spring and summer. [5] Tubing on the Comal provides a less intense alternative to tubing on the nearby Guadalupe River, where one may encounter frequent rapids and boulders to paddle around. [4] The Schlitterbahn Water Park is built on a 70-acre (280,000 m 2) tract adjacent to the river. [6]
Lake Dunlap is a reservoir on the Guadalupe River near the town of New Braunfels in Guadalupe County, Texas, United States. The reservoir was formed in 1931 by the construction of a dam to provide hydroelectric power to the area. Management of the dam and lake was assumed by the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority on May 1, 1963. Lake Dunlap ...
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San Antonio Bay is a bay on the Texas Gulf Coast situated between Matagorda and Aransas Bay.It consists mainly of the combined waters of the San Antonio and Guadalupe rivers, and is located at the mouth of the Guadalupe River, about 55 miles (89 km) northeast of Corpus Christi and 130 miles (209 km) southeast of San Antonio.
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The Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA) has rights to the water in the conservation pool of the lake. This water is used to operate several small hydroelectric plants downstream from New Braunfels and for municipal water supply, irrigation, and industrial uses. GBRA built a hydroelectric facility at Canyon Dam in August 1987; it was put ...
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