1. Texas
Barrier Islands

2. Barrier Islands Galveston Island Matagorda Island San Jose Island
Mustang Island
Padre Island
Total coastline=367 miles

3. Galveston Island Storm of 1900 killed 6000 people
Seawall: 54,790 feet long, 17 feet high, 20 feet wide
32 miles of beachfront

4. Matagorda Island 40 miles long x 2 miles wide 10,000 visitors a year
Only accessible by boat
Grasslands, woodlands, tidal marshes, and brackish ponds, maximum elevation=22 ft.
State Park

5. San Jose Island 21 miles long Consists of series of islands
Uninhabited

6. Mustang Island 3954 acres with 5 miles of beach
35 foot dunes, foot avg.
State Park

7. Padre Island Longest undeveloped barrier island ~80 miles
South Padre Island: ~55 miles long, developed extensively
North and South islands were connected until the Port Mansfield Channel was dredged in 1962

8. Tides
Microtidal ~ 1.5 ft.

9. Major bodies of water
Galveston Bay- 600 sq/miles…highly developed..over 70 miles bulkheaded
Matagorda Bay-1000 sq/km
Laguna Madre- 609 sq/miles, 130 miles long, very shallow (avg. depth 2.5 ft.) and hypersaline

10. Rivers
Sabine River-555 miles long, highest discharge and strongest flow in Texas, empties into Sabine Pass
Colorado River-600 miles long, drains into Matagorda Bay
Brazos River- 840 miles long, empties into Gulf of Mexico, longest river in Texas
Rio Grande- 5th largest river in North America, drains 40,000 sq/miles in Texas

11. References http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/