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A dry line (also called a dew point line, or Marfa front, after Marfa, Texas) [1] is a line across a continent that separates moist air and dry air. One of the most prominent examples of such a separation occurs in central North America , especially Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas, where the moist air from the Gulf of Mexico meets dry air from the ...
This is an incomplete list of statutory codes from the U.S. states, territories, and the one federal district. Most states use a single official code divided into numbered titles. Pennsylvania's official codification is still in progress.
The dry line is the boundary between dry and moist air masses east of mountain ranges with similar orientation to the Rockies, depicted at the leading edge of the dew point, or moisture, gradient. Near the surface, warm moist air that is denser than warmer, dryer air wedges under the drier air in a manner similar to that of a cold front wedging ...
Abnormally warm temperatures, dry grasses, and a sudden windy cold front combined to create the conditions for the destructive wildfires that have raged across parts of Texas this week.
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) is a standards setting body which publishes specifications, test protocols, and guidelines that are used in highway design and construction throughout the United States. Despite its name, the association represents not only highways but air, rail, water, and public ...
Texas has been the leading state in petroleum production since discovery of the Spindletop oil field in 1901. [11] As of October 2017, the State of Texas (if treated as its own nation) is the 7th largest oil producing nation in the world, with production totaling approximately 3.78 million barrels (600 thousand cubic meters ) per day of oil ...
Drought conditions in the state are getting worse by the week. As of July 28, 97% of Texas was in a drought, affecting 24.1 million Texans, per the U.S. Drought Monitor .
The Texas Almanac is a biennially published reference work providing information for the general public on the history of the state and its people, government and politics, economics, natural resources, holidays, culture, education, recreation, the arts, and other topics.