USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In the 1830s, the Republic of Texas claimed the Rio Grande as its southern border; Mexico claimed the Nueces River (150 mi or 240 km north of the Rio Grande). The area between the two rivers became known as the Nueces Strip.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Nueces River Project is located on the coastal plain of South Texas midway between the cities of San Antonio and Corpus Christi. Choke Canyon Dam is on the Frio River about 4 miles west of the town of Three Rivers, named for the confluence of the Frio, Nueces, and Atascosa Rivers.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Rio Grande is the fifth longest river in the United States and among the top twenty in the world. It extends from the San Juan Mountains of Colorado to the Gulf of Mexico (1, 901 miles) and forms a 1, 255 mile segment of the border between the United States and Mexico.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Nueces River rises in two forks in north central Edwards County and northwestern Real County (at 29°56’ N, 100°00’ W) and follows a southerly and southeasterly course of 315 miles to its mouth on Nueces Bay (at 27°50’ N, 97°29’ W).

Detailed explanation-5: -Mexico also relinquished all claims to Texas, and recognized the Rio Grande as the southern boundary with the United States.