Sabine River

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River, eastern Texas and western Louisiana, U.S. Rising in northeastern Texas, it flows southeast and south, broadens near its mouth to form Sabine Lake, and continues from Port Arthur, Texas, through Sabine Pass to enter the Gulf of Mexico after a course of 578 mi (930 km). The river forms the southern section of the Texas-Louisiana boundary and is a link in the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.


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A survey of freshwater mussels (Unionidae) of the Old Sabine Wildlife Management Area, Smith County, Texas.
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; ...19--A U.S. magistrate has given the Sabine River Authority in Texas 30 days to file an...utility companies against the Louisiana Sabine River Authority. It challenges a year-old...said Jim Graves, the attorney for the Sabine River Authority in Texas. Graves said he told... Read more
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DuPont Evaluates Orange, Texas Workers to Prepare for Layoffs.
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National Wildlife Federation Interested in Texas' Toledo Bend Reservoir Water.
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Astronauts Over Pulaski, Texas
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Houston Area Faces Challenge of Meeting Future Demand For Water.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
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DuPont to Sell Textile Division; Move Could Impact Orange, Texas, Workers.
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President Names Peggy Montano Chair and Federal Representative of the Sabine River Compact Commission
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Port Neches
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