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  2. List of rivers of Texas - Wikipedia

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    The list of rivers of Texas is a list of all named waterways, including rivers and streams that partially pass through or are entirely located within the U.S. state of Texas. Across the state, there are 3,700 named streams and 15 major rivers accounting for over 191,000 mi (307,000 km) of waterways.

  3. Nilwala River - Wikipedia

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    The Nilwala is a river in Southern Province in Sri Lanka. It originates in Sinharaja Forest Reserve [1] and discharges into the sea at Matara. There is no consensus on how this river got its name. It is believed that the river got its name because, in the past, the river's water was very pure blue and flowed like a blue cloud.

  4. Malimbada Divisional Secretariat - Wikipedia

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    The Malimbada Divisional Secretariat Division has various topographical features although the land area of this division is small. Flowing of Nilwala River on one side and the paddy field attached to that and the scattered mountains of about 300 feet enhance its scenic beauty. This area has a moderate climate but receives frequent floods.

  5. Kanneliya–Dediyagala–Nakiyadeniya - Wikipedia

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    The forest is the source for Gin River, which flows west to the forest and for Nilwala river which flows east to the forest. [4] Kanneli, Nanikiththa and Udugama are the smaller streams of Kanneliya while Homa dola and Gal bandi dola are sourced by Nakiyadeniya and Deiyagala.

  6. Sabine–Neches Waterway - Wikipedia

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    The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway crosses the waterway near Port Arthur. Two of the top twenty (20) ports in terms of tonnage are located on the waterway. The Port of Beaumont , ranked fourth (4th) in the 2013 U.S. Port Ranking by Cargo Tonnage survey is located at the northern end of the waterway.

  7. Kataragama - Wikipedia

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    The Kataragama railway extension is being constructed under a three-phase accelerated development program. The first phase has begun and will consist of the 27 km stretch from Matara to Beliatta costing 60 million rupees; construction has already commenced on the bridge over the Nilwala River by the State Engineering Corporation. The entire ...

  8. Edwards Plateau - Wikipedia

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    The Edwards Plateau is a geographic region forming the crossroads of Central, South and West Texas, United States.It is named in honor of Haden Edwards. [2] It is bounded by the Balcones Fault to the south and east; the Llano Uplift and the Llano Estacado to the north; and the Pecos River and Chihuahuan Desert to the west. [3]

  9. Geology of Texas - Wikipedia

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    Shaded relief map of the Llano Estacado. Texas contains a wide variety of geologic settings. The state's stratigraphy has been largely influenced by marine transgressive-regressive cycles during the Phanerozoic, with a lesser but still significant contribution from late Cenozoic tectonic activity, as well as the remnants of a Paleozoic mountain range.