A Quantitative Assessment of Texas' Wetlands and Surface Water Systems
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1983
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Twelve distinct and homogeneous wetland regions were defined for Texas by considering water availability and substrate characteristics. Regions were subsampled and measured by wetland classes, and the average values extrapolated for the regional total and these totals summed for the state totals. The Texas estimated wetland resource consists of 22,896 km² of perennial ponds, 1,181 km² of intermittent ponds, 74,500 km of perennial streams, 790,318 km of intermittent streams, 489 km² of marsh, and 700 km² of wooded marsh. Eastern regions and the Coastal region are most rich in all of these wetland types.
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Program year: 1982-1983
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Texas wetland, water availability, substrate characteristics, perennial ponds, intermittent ponds, perennial streams, intermittent streams, marsh, wooded marsh