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WATER RESOURCES-CONSERVATION
-Texas Game and Fish Commission.
Pecos River between Imperial and site of historic Horsehead Crossing. A stream of many
aspects, it flows out of the mountains, meanders across a plain, and, a short distance below
area shown above, enters a deep canyon.Pease River 5 m. N Swearingen in NE part Cottle
County.
Mulberry Creek.-Rises NW part Armstrong Coun-
ty near W county line: flows SE 66 m. into Prairie
Dog Town Fork Red River in NW part Hall County.
Mustang Creek.-Rises NE New Mexico: flows
SE into Texas; empties into Canadian River. Length,
100 m.
Navasota River.-Rises SW Hill County: flows SE
through Limestone County and along border Madison
and Robertson Counties to Brazos River near Nava-
sota. Length, 125 m.
Navidad River.-Rises 2 m. NE Schulenburg in SE
part Fayette County; flows S and SE 4 m. through
Fayette County, 5 m. along boundary between Colo-
rado and Lavaca Counties, 30 m. through Lavaca
County, then 22 m. through Jackson County to junc-
tion with Lavaca River 3i1, m. N. Vanderbilt.
Neches River.-(See Principal Rivers of Texas,
p. 81.)
North Wichita River.-Rises SE corner Motley
County; flows E to junction with South Wichita River
to form Wichita River NW Seymour in NW part
Baylor County; length, 75 m.; head stream known
locally as Buford Creek.
Nueces River.-(See Principal Rivers of Texas,
p. 79.)
Olmos Creek.-Rises W Duval County, where known
as Poquita Creek: flows SE into Baffin Bay, arm of
Gulf of Mexico. Length, 73 m.
Onion Creek.-Rises I m. W. of Hays-Blanco county
line SE part Blanco County: flows SE 37 m. through
N part Hays County, then 22 m. through S part
Travis County into Colorado River, about 12 m. N.
Garfield.
Oyster Creek.-Rises E Fort Bend County; flows
SSE into Gulf; length. 52 m.
Paisano Creek.-Intermittent stream: rises Brew-
ster County: flows NE 80 m. into Pecos River,
tributary Rio Grande.
Palito Blanco Creek.-Rises near SE corner Webb
County; flows E 2 m. through Webb County. 10 m.
through SW part Duval County, 15 m. through NE
part Jim Hogg County, 30 m. through Brooks County,
24 m. through Kenedy County into Baffin Bay.
Palo Duro Creek.-Rises NE part Curry County,
N.M.: flows E 75 m. to point 4 m. NE Canyon in
Randall County. where it enters Prairie Dog Town
Fork Red River: lends its name to notable canyon on
Prairie Dog Town Fork of Red.
Peach Creek.-Rises SE Walker County: flows
SSE, forming boundary Walker, San Jacinto Coun-
ties; empties into East San Jacinto River; 38 m.
long.Pease River.-Rises SE Swisher County; flows E
into Red River. Length, 156 m.
Pecan Bayou.-Rises Callahan County; flows SE
into Colorado River. Length. 107 m.
Pecan or Chambers Creek.-(See Chambers Creek.)
Pecos River.-Rises E slope Santa Fe Mountain
Range, Mora County, N.M.; flows meanderingly in
SE course to Rio Grande. Length, 260 m.
Pedernales River.-Rises SE corner Kimble Coun-
ty. flows SE into Colorado River. Length. 106 m.:
drainage area, 1.300 sq. m. Spring-fed; a beautiful
stream.
Piney Creek.-Rises E. Houston County; flows SE
57 m. into Neches River.
Pine Island Bayou.-Rises E Liberty County; flows
SE into Neches River; 25 m. in length.
Plum Creek-Rises SE Hays County; flows SE
into San Marcos River; length, 41 m.
Red River.-(See Principal Rivers of Texas, p. 82.)
Red River, Prairie Dog Fork.-Rises in "head
breaks Red River about 20 m. W Texas-New Mex-
ico boundary; flows E to junction with Red River,
Length, 280 m. Palo Duro Canyon and State Park
is along course of this stream as it descends from
Great Plains.
Red River, Elm Fork.-Rises 4 m. NW Ramsdell.
in SW Wheeler County; flows SE 30 m. to intersec-
tion Texas-Oklahoma boundary, then SE to junction
with North Fork Red River in Greer County, Okla.
Red River, North Fork.-Rises W Gray County:
flows SE into Oklahoma to junction with Prairie
Dog Town Fork of Red River. Length, 180 m.
Red River, Salt Fork.-Rises S Carson County;
flows SE to Texas-Oklahoma line, then into Prairie
Dog Town Fork of Red River: length, 155 m.
Richland Creek.-Rises 3i m. E Itasca N part
Hill County: flows E 50 m. into Trinity River in N
corner Freestone County.
Rio Grande.-(See Principal Rivers of Texas.
p. 78.)
Sabanna River.-Rises at Eastland-Callahan Coun-
ty line: flows SE into Leon River: 50 m. in length,
Sabinal River.-Rises W Bandera County; flows
SSE into Frio River: length, 58 m.
Sabine River.-(See Principal Rivers of Texas.
p. 81.)
San Antonio River.-(See Principal Rivers of Texas.
p. 79.)
San Bernard River.-Rises SW Austin County;
flows SE, forming boundary Austin, Colorado Coun-
ties 31 m., Austin. Wharton 8 m., Fort Bend. Whar-
ton 28 m.; empties into Cedar Lake, arm of Gulf.
Length. 105 m.
San Francisco Creek.-Rises N part Brewster._
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