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The Nueces with a low water level through Cotulla, the seat of La Salle County, Texas. The Nueces River (/ nj u ˈ eɪ s ɪ s / new-AY-siss; Spanish: Río Nueces, IPA: [ˈri.o ˈnweses]) is a river in the U.S. state of Texas, about 315 miles (507 km) long. [1] It drains a region in central and southern Texas southeastward into the Gulf of Mexico.
Rincon Bayou is in the Nueces River delta, and located northwest of Corpus Christi. The Rincon Bayou is subject to freshwater inundation following seasonal rainfall events farther inland along the Nueces River. The freshwater inundation provides the bayou with nutrients and enough fresh water to remove the saline water from the estuarine system.
The Nueces Strip or Wild Horse Desert is the area of South Texas between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande. [1]According to the narrative of Spanish missionary Juan Agustín Morfi, there were so many wild horses swarming in the Nueces Strip in 1777 "that their trails make the country, utterly uninhabited by people, look as if it were the most populated in the world".
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Turkey Creek, near Cline, Texas in western Uvalde County, [2] was a watering stop and crossing place on the San Antonio-El Paso Road 9.04 miles west of crossing on the Nueces River and 15.23 miles from its crossing of Elm Creek. [3]
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Nueces County: 355: Corpus Christi: 1846: San Patricio County: The Nueces River (Nueces is Spanish for "nuts") 352,289: 836 sq mi (2,165 km 2) Ochiltree County: 357: Perryton: 1876: Bexar County: William Beck Ochiltree (1811–1867), secretary of the treasury for the Republic of Texas and legislator for the state of Texas 9,704: 918 sq mi ...
Chacon Creek, is a stream tributary to the Nueces River via Picosa Creek, Turkey Creek, Espantosa Slough and into the Nueces through Line Oak or Soldier Sloughs. Its source is at the conjunction of Elm Creek with Salado Creek , 28°53′33″N 100°10′38″W / 28.89250°N 100.17722°W / 28.89250; -100.17722 , in Maverick County