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The Colorado River is the largest river wholly within Texas, USA. The 600 mile long river flows generally southwest from Dawson County through Marble Falls, Austin, Bastrop, Smithville, La Grange, Columbus, and Bay City before emptying into the Gulf of Mexico at Matagorda Bay.
The Colorado River, allegedly misnamed because of a mapping error by early Spanish explorers, is an important source of water for farming, cities, and electrical power production. Major man-made reservoirs on the river include Lake Marble Falls, Lake Buchanan, Inks Lake, Lake LBJ, Lake Travis, Lake Austin, and Town Lake in Austin. In addition to power plants operating on each of the major lakes, waters of the Colorado are used for cooling the South Texas Nuclear Project, near Bay City.
Flood control and use of the Colorado River is managed by three agencies established by the Texas Legislature, the Upper Colorado River Authority, Central Colorado River Authority, and Lower Colorado River Authority.
External links
- Colorado River from the Handbook of Texas Online
- Upper Colorado River Authority (UCRA)
- Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA)
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