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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Texas_Coastal_Bend_-_Gulf_of_Mexico.jpg/330px-Texas_Coastal_Bend_-_Gulf_of_Mexico.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Texas_Coastal_Bend_-_Gulf_of_Mexico.jpg/440px-Texas_Coastal_Bend_-_Gulf_of_Mexico.jpg 2x" data-file-width="732" data-file-height="788" /></a><figcaption>Texas Coastal Bend illustration bordering the Gulf of Mexico</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Texas Coastal Bend</b>, or just the <b>Coastal Bend</b>, is a <a href="/wiki/List_of_geographical_regions_in_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="List of geographical regions in Texas">geographical region</a> in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">US state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>. The name refers to the area being a curve along the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Gulf_Coast" title="Texas Gulf Coast">Texas Gulf Coast</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a>. The largest city of the Coastal Bend is <a href="/wiki/Corpus_Christi,_Texas" title="Corpus Christi, Texas">Corpus Christi</a>. It includes the <a href="/wiki/Nueces_River" title="Nueces River">Nueces</a> Estuary (<a href="/wiki/Corpus_Christi_Bay" title="Corpus Christi Bay">Corpus Christi Bay</a>) and the <a href="/wiki/Mission_River" title="Mission River">Mission</a>–<a href="/wiki/Aransas_River" title="Aransas River">Aransas</a> Estuary (<a href="/wiki/Aransas_Bay" title="Aransas Bay">Aransas Bay</a>), as well as part of <a href="/wiki/Laguna_Madre_(United_States)" title="Laguna Madre (United States)">Laguna Madre</a>. The coastline is paralleled by several of the <a href="/wiki/Texas_barrier_islands" title="Texas barrier islands">Texas barrier islands</a>, including <a href="/wiki/North_Padre_Island" title="North Padre Island">North Padre Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mustang_Island" title="Mustang Island">Mustang Island</a>, and <a href="/wiki/San_Jos%C3%A9_Island_(Texas)" title="San José Island (Texas)">San José Island</a>. </p><p>The Coastal Bend consists of 9 <a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Texas" title="List of counties in Texas">counties</a>: <a href="/wiki/Aransas_County,_Texas" title="Aransas County, Texas">Aransas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bee_County,_Texas" title="Bee County, Texas">Bee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brooks_County,_Texas" title="Brooks County, Texas">Brooks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Wells_County,_Texas" title="Jim Wells County, Texas">Jim Wells</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenedy_County,_Texas" title="Kenedy County, Texas">Kenedy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kleberg_County,_Texas" title="Kleberg County, Texas">Kleberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nueces_County,_Texas" title="Nueces County, Texas">Nueces</a>, <a href="/wiki/Refugio_County,_Texas" title="Refugio County, Texas">Refugio</a>, and <a href="/wiki/San_Patricio_County,_Texas" title="San Patricio County, Texas">San Patricio</a> Counties. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nature">Nature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Texas_Coastal_Bend&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Nature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:WhoopingCrane23.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/WhoopingCrane23.jpg/170px-WhoopingCrane23.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/WhoopingCrane23.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="210" data-file-height="134" /></a><figcaption>The whooping crane.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Coastal Bend is a habitat for many types of vegetation<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and wildlife. <a href="/wiki/Aransas_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Aransas National Wildlife Refuge">Aransas National Wildlife Refuge</a> is among the most prominent centers for wildlife in the United States. Wildlife found in the area includes the <a href="/wiki/Endangered_species" title="Endangered species">rare</a> <a href="/wiki/Whooping_crane" title="Whooping crane">whooping crane</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_alligator" title="American alligator">American alligators</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nine-banded_armadillo" title="Nine-banded armadillo">nine-banded armadillos</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Indian_manatee" title="West Indian manatee">West Indian manatees</a>, and numerous other species of wildlife. </p><p>The Texas Coastal Bend is an area of demarcation between ranges of various vegetative species. For example, the California fan palm (<i><a href="/wiki/Washingtonia_filifera" title="Washingtonia filifera">Washingtonia filifera</a></i>) is found only west of the Texas Coastal Bend, or more specifically the <a href="/wiki/Balcones_Fault" title="Balcones Fault">Balcones Fault</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Estuaries">Estuaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Texas_Coastal_Bend&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Estuaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Two of the major <a href="/wiki/Estuaries_of_Texas" title="Estuaries of Texas">estuary systems of Texas</a> are found along the coastal bend: the <a href="/wiki/Nueces_River" title="Nueces River">Nueces</a> Estuary (<a href="/wiki/Corpus_Christi_Bay" title="Corpus Christi Bay">Corpus Christi Bay</a>) and the <a href="/wiki/Mission_River" title="Mission River">Mission</a>–<a href="/wiki/Aransas_River" title="Aransas River">Aransas</a> Estuary (<a href="/wiki/Aransas_Bay" title="Aransas Bay">Aransas Bay</a>). The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency" title="United States Environmental Protection Agency">United States Environmental Protection Agency</a> has designated these Texas Coastal Bend Estuaries as an estuary system of national significance under the <a href="/wiki/National_Estuary_Program" title="National Estuary Program">National Estuary Program</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Texas_Coastal_Bend&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Texas" title="Geography of Texas">Geography of Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_geographical_regions_in_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="List of geographical regions in Texas">List of geographical regions in Texas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_States#Texas" title="List of regions of the United States">List of regions of the United States#Texas</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Texas_Coastal_Bend&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>C. Michael Hogan. 2009. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090930184850/http://globaltwitcher.auderis.se/artspec_information.asp?thingid=90942"><i>California Fan Palm: Washingtonia filifera</i>, GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Stromberg</a></li> <li>Roy L. 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