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. Exploiting poor American naval command decisions the German navy ravaged Allied shipping off the American Atlantic coast by November 1941 Commonwealth forces had launched a counter-offensive Operation Crusader in North Africa and reclaimed all the gains the Germans and Italians had made in North Africa the Germans launched an offensive in January pushing the British back to positions at the Gazala Line by early February followed by a temporary lull in combat which Germany used to prepare for their upcoming offensives. Concerns the Japanese might use bases in Vichy-held Madagascar caused the British to invade the island in early May 1942 an Axis offensive in Libya forced an Allied retreat deep inside Egypt until Axis forces were stopped at El Alamein on the Continent raids of Allied commandos on strategic targets culminating in the disastrous Dieppe Raid demonstrated the Western Allies' inability to launch an invasion of continental Europe without much better preparation equipment and operational security.[page needed], Bronze figure of a Portuguese soldier made by Benin culture in West Africa around 1600. Voter turnout (voting age population) 12.4 Cartography Besides the county judge and commissioners the other elective offices found in most counties include the county attorney county and district clerks county treasurer sheriff tax assessor-collector justices of the peace and constables As a part of the checks and balances system counties have an auditor appointed by the district courts, Further information: List of University Interscholastic League events. Per the 2010 US census records the ten most populous East Texas cities are:, Taxation The University of North Texas, 13 See also In June 1943 the British and Americans began a strategic bombing campaign against Germany with a goal to disrupt the war economy reduce morale and "de-house" the civilian population the firebombing of Hamburg was among the first attacks in this campaign inflicting significant casualties and considerable losses on infrastructure of this important industrial centre.
5.2 Politics Waller (partly in Waller County), Houston Texas Business Directory, This area holds the annual South Texas State Fair in Beaumont. 5 References As of April 2013 the state's unemployment rate is 6.4 percent. 4 Public facilities This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed (February 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message). . Houston Houston Heights World War II Memorial, Houston's Jewish community estimated at 47,000 in 2001 has been present in the city from the 1800s Houstonian Jews have origins from throughout the United States Israel Mexico Russia and other places As of 2016 there were over 40 synagogues in Greater Houston the largest synagogues in Houston are Congregation Beth Yeshurun a Conservative Jewish temple and the Reform Jewish congregations Beth Israel and Emanu-El. Sam Houston Aldine ISD 316 Quanta Services A high rise building with many tiers and a ten-columned cupola topping it.
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