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Lake Travis is a reservoir on the Colorado River in central Texas in the United States. It is named in honor of William B. Travis. [ 1] Serving principally as a flood-control reservoir, Lake Travis' historical minimum to maximum water height change is nearly 100 feet. [ 2] Following the 2018 Llano River flood, Lake Travis saw a 20-foot depth ...
Colorado River (Texas) / 32.67972°N 101.73083°W / 32.67972; -101.73083. / 28.59472°N 95.98306°W / 28.59472; -95.98306. The Colorado River is an approximately 862-mile-long (1,387 km) river [ 5] in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the 11th longest river in the United States [ 5] and the longest river with both its source and ...
Designated RTHL. 1969. Mount Bonnell / bəˈnɛl /, also known as Covert Park, is a prominent point alongside the Lake Austin portion of the Colorado River in Austin, Texas. It has been a popular tourist destination since the 1850s. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The mount provides a vista for viewing the city of Austin, Lake Austin, and the surrounding hills. [ 3 ]
Travis County, Texas. / 30.33°N 97.78°W / 30.33; -97.78. Travis County is located in Central Texas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,290,188. It is the fifth-most populous county in Texas. Its county seat and most populous city is Austin, [ 1] the capital of Texas. The county was established in 1840 and is named in honor of ...
Pennybacker Bridge. / 30.3500; -97.7970. The Percy V. Pennybacker Jr. Bridge in Austin, Texas, is a through-arch bridge across Lake Austin which connects the northern and southern sections of the Loop 360 highway, also known as the "Capital of Texas Highway." Due to its arched weathering-steel bridge and the rolling hills on its northern side ...
Lake Austin is a part of Texas' Colorado River; it begins below Mansfield Dam and is principally fed by the outflow of Lake Travis. The lake meanders generally from northwest to southeast, with few significant tributaries ; the largest are Bull Creek , entering from the north near where Loop 360 spans the lake at the Pennybacker Bridge , and ...
The Pedernales River ( / ˌpɜːrdəˈnælɪs / PUR-də-NAL-iss) is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately 106 miles (171 km) long, in Central Texas in the United States. [ 2] It drains an area of the Edwards Plateau, flowing west to east across the Texas Hill Country west of Austin. The name "Pedernales", first used in the middle ...
18 ft (5.5 m) Surface elevation. 428 ft (130 m) Lady Bird Lake (formerly, and still colloquially referred to as Town Lake) is a river-like reservoir on the Colorado River in Austin, Texas, United States. The City of Austin created the reservoir in 1960 as a cooling pond for a new city power plant. The lake, which has a surface area of 416 acres ...