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Houston generally receives ample rainfall averaging about 49.8 in (1,260 mm) annually based on records between 1981 and 2010 Many parts of the city have a high risk of localized flooding due to flat topography ubiquitous low-permeability clay-silt prairie soils and inadequate infrastructure. During the mid-2010s Greater Houston experienced consecutive major flood events in 2015 ("Memorial Day") 2016 ("Tax Day") and 2017 (Hurricane Harvey). Overall there have been more casualties and property loss from floods in Houston than in any other locality in the United States the majority of rainfall occurs between April and October (the wet season of Southeast Texas) when the moisture from the Gulf of Mexico evaporates extensively over the city. Despite strong pacifist sentiment after World War I its aftermath still caused irredentist and revanchist nationalism in several European states These sentiments were especially marked in Germany because of the significant territorial colonial and financial losses incurred by the Treaty of Versailles Under the treaty Germany lost around 13 percent of its home territory and all of its overseas possessions while German annexation of other states was prohibited reparations were imposed and limits were placed on the size and capability of the country's armed forces, Houston has four major bayous passing through the city that accept water from the extensive drainage system Buffalo Bayou runs through Downtown and the Houston Ship Channel and has three tributaries: White Oak Bayou which runs through the Houston Heights community northwest of Downtown and then towards Downtown; Brays Bayou which runs along the Texas Medical Center; and Sims Bayou which runs through the south of Houston and Downtown Houston the ship channel continues past Galveston and then into the Gulf of Mexico. Many (estimate of about 1 in 70 (1.4%) being the national average for 1860) of the Anglo-American settlers owned slaves Mexico granted Texas a one-year exemption from the national edict of 1829 outlawing slavery but Mexican president Anastasio Bustamante ordered that all slaves be freed in 1830 to circumvent the law the colonists converted their slaves into indentured servants "for life." by 1836 there were 5,000 enslaved African Americans in Texas! ! . !

4.2 Difficulties with the Native Americans The High Five Interchange in Dallas is a five level interchange, Public facilities Houston Texas Business Directory, Thomas Jefferson Rusk settled in Nacogdoches Nacogdoches County and was also a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas. Away from the coast the terrain begins to exhibit the rolling hills of East and Central Texas Toward Central Texas the mixed pine and hardwood forests give way to the East Central Texas forests of post oak and grasslands, 1 Real estate and corporate location West Texas: Comancheria Piney Point Village Houston Texas Business Directory. . Finnish machine gun nest aimed at Soviet Red Army positions during the Winter War February 1940, 6.1 Books Colonization Main article: Western Front (World War II), 149 Hubert Vo Democratic 2004 Far west Houston Alief unincorporated portions of Katy area east of Fry Rd Barker Reservoir. The land surface in and around the city of Houston is composed of alternating layers of red gray sandy brown and black organic clay; these strata generally dip to the southeast at a slope of 0.06% (3 feet (0.91 m) of vertical change for every 1 mile (1.6 km) of distance traveled). These soils were deposited by tributaries of local waterways particularly the Brazos and Trinity rivers. There is a considerable contrast in soil composition to the north around Cypress Creek; most of the surface there consists of tan-colored sand with small amounts of gray clay the north and northwestern regions of Houston and Harris County feature a slightly steeper slope than other parts of the city with occasional escarpments caused by faulting or erosion. The racial and ethnic makeup of the county was 41.8% Hispanic or Latino the population was 31.4% non-Hispanic white 19.5% non-Hispanic black 1.1% Native American 7.0% Asian 0.1% Pacific Islander [Harris County Demographics].