Neches River
| Neches River | ||
 KCS Railway - railroad bridge over the Neches River in Beaumont |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | US : 1375103 | |
| location | Texas (USA) | |
| River system | Sabine Pass | |
| Drain over | Sabine Pass → Gulf of Mexico | |
| source | southeast of Canton, TX 32 ° 30 ′ 2 " N , 95 ° 44 ′ 31" W |
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| muzzle | in the Sabine Lake coordinates: 29 ° 58 ′ 8 " N , 93 ° 51 ′ 21" W 29 ° 58 ′ 8 " N , 93 ° 51 ′ 21" W |
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| Mouth height |
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| length | 669 km | |
| Left tributaries | Angelina River | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Lake Palestine , Lake BA Steinhagen | |
| Big cities | Beaumont, TX | |
 Map showing the course and catchment area of the Neches River |
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The Neches River (pronounced: "NAY ches") is a 669 km long river in the east of the US state Texas .
Not far from the Rainbow Bridge it flows into Sabine Lake , an estuary into which the Sabine River also flows. Two large reservoirs, Lake Palestine and Lake BA Steinhagen , are located on the river. In the catchment area of the Neches River are several cities, including Evadale , Tyler , Lufkin , Silsbee , Beaumont , Vidor , Port Neches , Nederland , Groves and Port Arthur .
The left tributary Angelina River , which is dammed by the Sam Rayburn Dam , meets the Neches River above Lake BA Steinhagen.
Below from Lake BA Steinhagen to Beaumont, the river flows through the 390 km² Big Thicket National Preserve . This is an important biosphere reserve, the visitor center of which is several kilometers north of Kountze on US Highway 69 .
The Port of Beaumont is located on the Neches River near Beaumont - between the river mouth and the Rainbow Bridge.
See also
- USS Neches (AO-5) - a 1920 fleet supplier .
Web links
- Christopher Long: Neches River. In: The Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association (TSHA), 1999 ff (English, tshaonline.org ).
- Big Thicket National Preserve
- Lower Neches Valley Authority
- Historic photos of Army Corps of Engineers projects on the Neches River from 1910-20s
- Salt Lick Agreement, March 19, 1835 ( Memento from June 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) at Texas Tides ( Memento from June 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ - ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
