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1-1 Location of the Nueces Delta along the 



Coastal Bend of Texas. 1-2 



1-2 Historical population trend for the areas 



served by the Nueces River at Calallen. 1-2 



1-3 The Nueces River Basin, including major 



drainages and reservoirs. 1-3 



1-4 Study area for the Rincon Bayou Demonstration 



Project and location of project features. 1-5 



1-5 View of the Nueces Overflow Channel. 1-5 



1-6 View of the private road crossing separating the 



upper and central Rincon Bayou channels. 1-6 



1-7 View of the Rincon Overflow Channel. 1-6 



1-8 View of the low water crossing at the head of 



Rincon Bayou. 1-7 



1-9 Overview of the monitoring sites and stations 



established for the Rincon Bayou Demonstration 



Project. 1-8 



2-1 The Nueces Estuary and Delta. 2-2 



2-2 The Nueces Delta. 2-2 



2-3 Typical view of the upper Nueces Delta. 2-3 



2-4 Typical view of the lower Nueces Delta. 2-3 



2-5 Nueces River (looking downstream) just below the 



IH 37 bridge under flood conditions (April 1992). 2-7 



2-6 Natural flooding of the upper Nueces Delta, 



April 1992. 2-7 



2-7 View of salt marsh habitat in the upper Nueces Delta. 2-9 



2-8 View of water column habitat in central Rincon Bayou. 2-10 

 2-9 View of muddy bottom habitat in upper Rincon 



Bayou during a period of low water. 2-10 



2-10 View of algal mat habitat near South Lake. 2-11 



2-11 Example of concrete rubble found at several points 

 along the north bank of the Nueces River 

 downstream from the IH 37 bridge. 2-12 



2-12 Example of Rangia middens (i.e., piles of bi-valve 



shells) found in Nueces Delta. 2-13 



2-13 Typical view of the Nueces River floodplain 



upstream of the Nueces Delta. 2-14 



2-14 The Nueces River Basin, including major drainages 



and reservoirs. 2-16 



2-15 Annual precipitation trends at four gauges about the 



greater Nueces River watershed since about 1900. 2-17 



2-16 Mean annual precipitation of available data at four 



gauges about the greater Nueces River watershed. 2-18 



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