6 ms·
Texas & wetland in the same sentence??? Perhaps someone can expound cos I'm a brit. Thanks
by _a_a_a_ 3y ago
Texas & wetland in the same sentence???
Perhaps someone can expound cos I'm a brit. Thanks
- mulmen 3y agoWetlands are like swamps. Texas is a state.
- yellow_lead 3y agoThe Texas coast is very long and has several islands, and many wetlands.
- eklitzke 3y agoIf you look at Texas on Google maps or earth.google.com you'll see the west half is very dry and has little vegetation, but the east half is actually quite wet and verdant.
- dingnuts 3y agoadditionally, most of the population is east of the wet/dry line, just as most of the population in the US is as a whole. the stereotype of dusty, desert Texas applies only to west Texas
- genocidicbunny 3y agoThe vast majority of the Mexican Gulf coast of the US is relatively swampy. Texas, Louisiana, Alabama and Florida all have extensive areas of swampy wetlands. If I correctly recall, Houston has frequent issues with flooding because so much of it is built on basically paved over wetlands.
- mattmaroon 3y agoThe state of Texas is about three times the size of your country, and as a result, it contains several different ecological systems. There can simultaneously be a hurricane on one side of the state and a drought on the other. The distance between Houston and Amarillo, both in Texas, is comparable to the distance between London and Berlin. I have driven at highway speeds for 10 hours without leaving Texas before when crossing it east to West.
- auspiv 3y agoInterstate 10 crossing Texas (East-West) is 877 miles, 1412 km. US Highway 83 (N-S) is 906 mi, 1458 km.
- mattmaroon 3y agoI’ve done the whole I-10. It is crazy.
- mcpackieh 3y agoI went to Scotland and couldn't see Big Ben anywhere. Very confusing!
- stronglikedan 3y agoThat's just because of all the fog.