Neches River
| Neches River Río de las Neches | ||||||
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.jpg) Neches River, looking into the Big Thicket National Preserve from Orange County, Texas, USA (October 2016) | ||||||
 Map of the Neches River and associated watershed | ||||||
| Native name | Nachawi (Caddo) | |||||
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| • location | East of Colfax, Texas[1] | |||||
| • coordinates | 32°30′N 95°45′W / 32.500°N 95.750°W[1] | |||||
Lufkin, and Silsbee, although significant portions of the Neches River are undeveloped and flow through protected natural lands.[3] In contrast, the lower 40 miles of the river are a major shipping channel, highly industrialized, with a number of cities and towns concentrated in the area including Beaumont, Vidor, Port Neches, Nederland, Groves, and Port Arthur .
EtymologyIt is believed that the name of the river was derived from the Caddo word "Nachawi", meaning "wood of the bow", after Spanish settlers called it Río Neches.[4] Untamed river With the exception of dams and manmade lakes, much of the river is in a natural state. Approximately 11 miles of the upper Neches flows through the Kountze , Texas.
Beginning in 2006, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, paving the way for the acquisition of lands for the wildlife refuge.
The Lower Neches Valley Authority is the river authority which oversees the Neches River in Tyler, Hardin, Liberty, Chambers, and Jefferson counties of Texas. Industrialized riverThe lower forty miles of the river is industrialized, from the Sabine-Neches Waterway project is $1.1 billion.[8]
Several petro-chemical plants are located in the river's southern section. The Sabine-Neches Navigation District, formed in 1909, has management responsibilities of the portion of the river which is part of the Sabine-Neches Waterway.[9] Views of the industrialized portion
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