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The Colorado River is an approximately 862-mile-long (1,387 km) river [5] in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the 11th longest river in the United States [ 5 ] and the longest river with both its source and its mouth within Texas.
In November 1934, the Texas Legislature authorized the formation of the Lower Colorado River Authority to complete Buchanan Dam, where construction had been idled in 1932 following the financial collapse and bankruptcy of the Samuel Insull-controlled public utility holding company. LCRA began operations in February 1935.
East Matagorda Bay is a minor estuary located on the upper-mid Texas coast in Matagorda County immediately northeast of the Colorado–Lavaca Estuary (Matagorda Bay). It has no significant river sources and is separated from the Gulf of Mexico by Matagorda Peninsula, only intermittently connecting with it through Brown Cedar Cut.
Trinity River – 423 miles (681 km) entirely in Texas; Sabine River – 360 miles (580 km) of which 360 miles (580 km) are in Texas; Neches River – 416 miles (669 km) entirely in Texas; Nueces River – 315 miles (507 km) entirely in Texas; The Trinity River is the longest river with its entire drainage basin in Texas. The Colorado is the ...
New Mexico and Texas. 16,000 sq mi (41,000 km 2) HUC1208: 1209 Lower Colorado–San Bernard Coastal subregion: The Colorado River Basin below the Oak Creek Basin; and the Coastal drainage and associated waters from the Brazos River Basin boundary to the Colorado River Basin boundary. Texas. 28,400 sq mi (74,000 km 2) HUC1209: 1210
The Bureau of Reclamation described the Colorado River's status based on projected water levels at Lake Powell and Lake Mead, key reservoirs that serve as barometers of the river's health.
The Pecan Bayou, said to be the westernmost "bayou" in the United States, is a slow-moving Texas stream that originates in northwestern Callahan and eastern Taylor Counties and flows southeast through Coleman and Brown Counties, before ending in northern Mills County where it joins the Colorado River approximately 8 miles west of Goldthwaite, Texas.
Caney Creek Tidal, Caney Creek above Tidal, San Bernard River, Linnville Bayou, Hardeman Slough, and Live Oak Bayou are streams within the Brazos-Colorado Coastal Basin. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the Environmental Institute of Houston (part of University of Houston–Clear Lake) maintain water quality monitoring stations ...