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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A river, about 190 km (120 mi) long, of southeast Texas flowing into Galveston Bay. The final battle of the Texas Revolution, in which insurgents under Sam Houston defeated the Mexican forces led by Santa Anna, was fought on its banks on April 21, 1836.
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This one is very fuzzy but you can see the San Jacinto River which is really quite beautiful!
A day on the San Jacinto WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2008
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This one is very fuzzy but you can see the San Jacinto River which is really quite beautiful!
Archive 2008-09-01 WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2008
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The furor over the Yellowstone River spill comes 15 years after an even more damaging flood event in Texas in which eight ruptured pipelines spilled more than 35,000 barrels of oil and oil products into the San Jacinto River.
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A year later, a flash flood on the San Jacinto River near Houston caused scouring that exposed 37 pipelines.
Chance of Oil Spill Rises With Floodwaters Jack Nicas 2011
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The furor over the Yellowstone River spill comes 15 years after an even more damaging flood event in Texas in which eight ruptured pipelines spilled more than 35,000 barrels of oil and oil products into the San Jacinto River.
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The last time crews with his agency used fire booms to burn oil was a 1995 spill on the San Jacinto River.
Oil Spill Gulf Of Mexico 2010: Coast Guard Considers Lighting Oil On Fire 2010
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The last time crews with his agency used fire booms to burn oil was a 1995 spill on the San Jacinto River.
Oil Spill Gulf Of Mexico 2010: Coast Guard Considers Lighting Oil On Fire 2010
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I wrote about this a little bit back in October when I was mentioning how sand mining on the San Jacinto River because the increased turbidity leads to more cyanobacteria, particularly in dry years. see sand mining could be toxic.
Archive 2009-03-01 WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2009
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Should I produce and star in a documentary on sand mining on the San Jacinto River, raising some funds through the nonprofit organize I run though it's been on hiatus for a while - the San Jacinto Conservation Coalition?
Archive 2009-11-01 WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2009
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I wrote about this a little bit back in October when I was mentioning how sand mining on the San Jacinto River because the increased turbidity leads to more cyanobacteria, particularly in dry years. see sand mining could be toxic.
nightmare - interpretations pls? WENDEE HOLTCAMP 2009
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