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The East Texas iron ore belt spans several counties, including Cherokee, Upshur, Camp, Gregg, Harrison, and others. The geology of the region is dominated by the Weches greensand, which consists of glauconitic sand and clay. This greensand is underlain by various sedimentary formations, including the Queen City sand member and the Sparta sand.
The LNVA, the second river district created by the state of Texas, is currently one of 23 river districts in the state. The Lower Neches Valley Authority was granted authority by the Texas legislature in 1933 to operate within Hardin, Jefferson, and Tyler counties and eastern Chambers and Liberty counties. The LNVA system includes 400 miles of ...
The East Texas Oil Field is a large oil and gas field in east Texas. Covering 140,000 acres (57,000 ha) and parts of five counties, and having 30,340 historic and active oil wells, it is the second-largest oil field in the United States outside Alaska, and first in total volume of oil recovered since its discovery in 1930. [ 1 ]
The EAST TEXAS SUNDAY DRIVE Book, by Bob Bowman ISBN 1-878096-00-1. Wild Flowers of the Big Thicket, East Texas, and Western Louisiana, by Geyata Ajilvsgi ISBN 0-89096-065-8. Two centuries in East Texas: A history of San Augustine County and surrounding territory from 1685 by George Louis Crocket (Author) OCLC 15211641
The following is a complete list of 25 metropolitan areas in Texas, as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget. The largest two are ranked among the top 10 metropolitan areas in the U.S. Some metropolitan areas contain metropolitan divisions. Two metropolitan divisions exist within the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington MSA.
The East Texas Council of Governments is a voluntary association of cities, counties and special districts in East Texas. Based in Kilgore , the East Texas Council of Governments is a member of the Texas Association of Regional Councils .
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The geography of Texas is diverse and large. Occupying about 7% of the total water and land area of the U.S., [1] it is the second largest state after Alaska, and is the southernmost part of the Great Plains, which end in the south against the folded Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico.