TEXAS COAST AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY

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Read the following papers for much more information about the Brazos River delta.

Severe Beach Erosion at Surfside, Texas
Caused by Engineering Modifications to the Coast and Rivers

Coastal Law and the Geology of a Changing Shoreline, March 2006, updated to include section on poor beach and dune management practices

Brazos River Entrance and Delta 2/27/2008

Note that this new delta has been eroding since about 1948 when the last of the many large dams on the river upstream was completed.  Note the beach ridges on the south (right side) side of the delta are truncated by beach erosion.


Brazos River entrance, 5/18/2006


Brazos River and Delta , 1999


New Brazos Delta on Left, Old Delta on Right
River Diverted 6 miles West in 1929

Intermediate photo of New and Old Brazos Deltas, 1938