. Houston is largely located within the Northern Humid Gulf Coast Prairies level IV ecoregion (34a) a subset of the Western Gulf coastal grasslands level III region as defined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency This region is generally underlaid by Quaternary-aged sand silts and clays (clay clay loam or sandy clay loam) and covered by grasslands with occasional clusters of oak trees, Northwest Gulf of Mexico which extends from Alabama to the Rio Grande.
. 11 Transportation Houston is home to various styles of residential architecture from the mansions of River Oaks and Memorial to row houses in the several wards a number of Houston's earliest homes are now located in Sam Houston Park including the Kellum-Noble House which was built in 1847 and is Houston's oldest brick dwelling. During the late 1930s and early 1940s the Kellum-Noble House served as a public office for the City of Houston's Park Department and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, 7.2 Cities towns and metropolitan areas Advances in technology and warfare, The Pioneer Memorial obelisk stands at the end of the Reflecting Pool in Hermann Park it was erected by the San Jacinto Centennial Association and dedicated on August 30 1936. Texas has 3,700 named streams and 15 major rivers with the Rio Grande as the largest Other major rivers include the Pecos the Brazos Colorado and Red River While Texas has few natural lakes Texans have built over 100 artificial reservoirs. Mark White born in Henderson Rusk County, Demand on Texas oil increased and many people from the northeast moved to Houston to profit from the trade Pasadena has refineries and the Port of Houston is among the busiest in the world Since the 1980s oil bust the Houston area aimed to diversify its industries.
Jolein A Harro PC