Nueces River

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river

The Nueces River is a major river in south-central Texas that flows southeastward to the Gulf of Mexico, historically significant for its role in regional settlement, ranching, and water supply.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Nueces River canonical 6
Nueces River basin 2
East Nueces River 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
cityNearMouth Corpus Christi, Texas, United States ⓘ
surface form: Corpus Christi, Texas
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crossesEcoregion Hill Country of Texas ⓘ
surface form: Edwards Plateau ecoregion

South Texas Plains ⓘ
surface form: South Texas Plains ecoregion
drainageBasin Nueces River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nueces River Basin
flowsInto Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
formsReservoir Cedar Creek Reservoir ⓘ
surface form: Choke Canyon Reservoir

Lake Corpus Christi ⓘ
hasBridge Interstate 37 crossing ⓘ
U.S. Route 59 crossing ⓘ
historicalEventAssociation Mexican Texas ⓘ
surface form: Nueces Strip border dispute between Texas and Mexico

prelude to the Mexican–American War ⓘ
historicalSignificance development of ranching in South Texas ⓘ
regional settlement in South Texas ⓘ
water supply for coastal communities ⓘ
length approximately 315 miles ⓘ
locatedIn Texas ⓘ
locatedInRegion South Texas ⓘ
South-Central Texas ⓘ
surface form: south-central Texas
majorTributary Atascosa River ⓘ
Nueces River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: East Nueces River

Frio River ⓘ
Nueces River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: West Nueces River
managedBy Nueces River Authority ⓘ
mouthLocation Nueces Bay ⓘ
near Corpus Christi, Texas ⓘ
nameEtymology derived from Spanish word "nueces" meaning "nuts" ⓘ
named for pecan trees along its banks ⓘ
passesThrough La Salle County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Live Oak County, Texas ⓘ
McMullen County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nueces County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uvalde County ⓘ
surface form: Uvalde County, Texas

Zavala County, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ
sourceLocation Hill Country of Texas ⓘ
surface form: Edwards Plateau

southwestern Texas ⓘ
state Texas ⓘ
supportsActivity boating ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
wildlife habitat ⓘ
usedFor flood control ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
USGSHydrologicUnitCode 121101 ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Uvalde County, Texas → contains → Nueces River ⓘ
Leona River → partOf → Nueces River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nueces River basin
Thornton Affair → alternativeBorderClaim → Nueces River ⓘ
Real County, Texas → bordersRiver → Nueces River ⓘ
Real County, Texas → hasFeature → Nueces River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nueces River valley
Frio River → locatedIn → Nueces River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nueces River basin
Frio River → tributaryOf → Nueces River ⓘ
Frio River → mouthLocation → Nueces River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nueces River, Live Oak County, Texas
Nueces River → majorTributary → Nueces River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Nueces River
Nueces River → majorTributary → Nueces River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: East Nueces River
Nueces River → drainageBasin → Nueces River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nueces River Basin
Nueces County, Texas → namedAfter → Nueces River ⓘ
Corpus Christi Bay → receivesRiver → Nueces River ⓘ