Texas Coastal Bend
geographical region in Texas, USA
The Texas Coastal Bend, or just the Coastal Bend, is a geographical region in the US state of Texas. The name refers to the area being a curve along the Texas Gulf Coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The largest city of the Coastal Bend is Corpus Christi. It includes the Nueces Estuary (Corpus Christi Bay) and the Mission–Aransas Estuary (Aransas Bay), as well as part of Laguna Madre. The coastline is paralleled by several of the Texas barrier islands, including North Padre Island, Mustang Island, and San José Island.
While the Coastal Bend traditionally consists of 9 counties: Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg, Nueces, Refugio, and San Patricio counties, the Coastal Bend Council of Governments officially consists of 11 counties, which would add Duval and Live Oak to its jurisdiction.
Nature
The Coastal Bend is a habitat for many types of vegetation and wildlife. Aransas National Wildlife Refuge is among the most prominent centers for wildlife in the United States. Wildlife found in the area includes the rare whooping crane, American alligator, Mexican long-nosed armadillo, West Indian manatee, and numerous other species of wildlife.
The Texas Coastal Bend is an area of demarcation between ranges of various vegetative species.
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