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PDF maps of the City of Houston - City of Houston official website Full map of city limits Archived 2019-05-23 at the Wayback Machine; Printable map of Houston city limits, limited purpose annexation, and extraterritorial jurisdiction "Super Neighborhoods Map." (." City of Houston. "Annexations in Houston Or How we grew to 667 square miles in ...
Barker Reservoir is a flood control structure in Houston, Texas which prevents downstream flooding of Buffalo Bayou, the city's principal river.The reservoir operates in conjunction with Addicks Reservoir to the northeast, which impounds Mayde and Bear Creeks, two tributaries of the Buffalo.
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The Greater Houston region is generally earthquake-free. While the city of Houston contains over 150 to 300 active surface faults with an aggregate length of up to 310 miles (500 km), [24] [25] [26] the clay below the surface precludes the buildup of friction that produces ground-shaking in earthquakes. These faults generally move at a smooth ...
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By the first half of the 20th century, suburbs of Houston had reached the banks of Brays Bayou. Rice University was established on a large plot of land adjacent to Harris Gully, a tributary of the bayou, in 1912, and the University of Houston was established just north of the bayou in the Third Ward in 1927. Harrisburg was annexed by the city ...
Bolivar Roads is a natural navigable strait fringed by Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island emerging as a landform on the Texas Gulf Coast. [4] The natural waterway inlet has a depth of 45 feet (14 m) with an island to peninsula shoreline width of 1.5 miles (2.4 km).
Lake Anahuac is an artificial lake fed by the // not true, Lake Anahuac is fed naturally by Turtle Bayou and Hog Bayou via a pump station.Trinity River, 45 miles (72 km) east of downtown Houston, Texas, United States in western Chambers County.