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Falcon State Park is 572.6 acres (2.317 km 2) located between Falcon Heights, Texas, and Nueva Ciudad Guerrero, Tamaulipas, and is the southern end of a 98,960-acre (400.5 km 2) International Falcon Reservoir. The park's main activities include camping, swimming, fishing, water skiing, and boating, with a self-guided nature trail.
Amistad Reservoir (Spanish: Presa Amistad) is a reservoir on the Rio Grande at its confluence with the Devils River 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Del Rio, Texas.The lake is bounded by Val Verde County on the United States side of the international border and by the state of Coahuila on the Mexican side of the border; the American shoreline forms the Amistad National Recreation Area.
Amistad Dam. / 29.45028°N 101.05778°W / 29.45028; -101.05778. Amistad Dam ( Spanish: Presa la Amistad) is a major embankment dam across the Rio Grande between Texas, United States, and Coahuila, Mexico. Built to provide irrigation water storage, flood control, and hydropower generation, it is the largest dam along the international ...
The Falcon Dam is a 150 ft (46 m) high and 26,294 ft (8,014 m) long earthen embankment dam. The dam is made of 12,600,000 cu yd (9,633,391 m 3) of earth-fill, 282,000 cu yd (215,604 m 3) of concrete and 10,300 short tons (9,344 t) of reinforced steel. The center of the dam is over-topped with a 1,300 ft (396 m) long spillway with widths ranging ...
Coordinates: 26°33′58″N 99°13′38″W. Nueva Ciudad Guerrero ( New Guerrero City) is a city in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. It lies on the banks of the Rio Grande / Río Bravo, near the US–Mexico border, opposite to Falcon Heights, Texas. The Lake Falcon Dam International Crossing connects Falcon Heights with Nueva Ciudad Guerrero.
The Falcon Lake Golf Course is an 18-hole public course designed by Norman H. Woods. The course was constructed in 1957–58 and opened in 1958. Falcon Beach Ranch offers horseback riding, sleigh and wagon rides. A riding stable at this location first began operation in 1959. The Falcon Ridge Ski Slopes, established in 1960, offers alpine and ...
November 15, 2023 at 9:02 AM. Nov. 15—U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke on Tuesday introduced legislation in Congress aimed at ensuring Flathead Lake avoids another year of abnormally low water levels. The ...
Created in 1941 by the impoundment of the Columbia River by the Grand Coulee Dam. 26. Cayuga Lake. New York. 7,672,000 acre⋅ft (9.5 km 3) 435 ft (133 m) second largest of the Finger Lakes. 27. Rainy Lake.