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The Ogallala Aquifer (oh-gə-LAH-lə) is a shallow water table aquifer surrounded by sand, silt, clay, and gravel located beneath the Great Plains in the United States. As one of the world's largest aquifers, it underlies an area of approximately 174,000 sq mi (450,000 km 2) in portions of eight states (South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas).
37 sq mi (96 km 2) Max. depth. 108 ft (33 m) Lake Whitney is a flood control reservoir on the main stem of the Brazos River in Texas. It is located on River Mile Marker 442 and controls drainage for 17,656 square miles (45,730 km 2) of Texas and parts of New Mexico. The reservoir encompasses a surface area of more than 23,500 acres and 225 ...
435.5 ft (132.7 m) Lake Ray Hubbard, formerly Eastern Dallas Lake or Forney Lake, is a freshwater impoundment ( reservoir) located in Dallas, Texas in the counties of Dallas, Kaufman, Collin, and Rockwall, just north of the City of Forney. [1] It was created by the construction of the Rockwall-Forney Dam, which impounded the East Fork Trinity ...
Experts explain how drought taps out water wells. Water levels in wells across Texas are running low because of the extreme drought, groundwater experts say. Drought conditions in the state are ...
Texas has the dubious distinction of leading the nation in polluted waterways. A new report draws upon self disclosed data by industrial facilities provided to the EPA. The study counted 17 ...
Nederland (/ ˈ n iː d ər l ən d / NEE-dər-lənd) is a city in Jefferson County, Texas, United States. The population was 18,856 at the 2020 census. The city was settled in 1897 along what is now Boston Avenue and was incorporated in 1940. It was settled by Dutch immigrants on land sold by the Kansas City Southern railroad.
Water volume. 409,360 acre⋅ft (504,940,000 m 3) Shore length 1. 83 mi (134 km) Surface elevation. 492 ft (150 m) 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. Lavon Lake is a freshwater reservoir located in southeast Collin County, Texas, on the East Fork of the Trinity River near Wylie, off State Highway 78. [1]
Top 25 water ports by tonnage. This is a list of ports of the United States, ranked by tonnage. Ports in the United States handle a wide variety of goods that are critical to the global economy, including petroleum, grain, steel, automobiles, and containerized goods. See the articles on individual ports for more information, including history ...