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SOIL SURIVIY ()F TII CORPUS CIIRISTI AREA, TEXAS. By A. W. MANGUM and H. L. WESTOVER. IESCRIPTION )OF Tl E AREA. The Corpus Christi area is located on the Gulf coast in the southern part of the State of Texas in the northeastern part of Nuieces County, and( comprises 232,192 acres or ablollt 3(;3 square miles. It is bounlled( on tlhe north )bv Nueces Bav and tlhe Nuleces River, wllich here forms the lbollndary bIetween Nueces and San PaItricio counties, oni tle cast by (orl)us Christi IBay anri1 lyb tlie Lagtlna Mad(re. which ' ' --,-~ .~ W ER IT 0 I i i R Fi;. 1.--Skctch map showing location of the Corpus Christi area, T exas. is a broad body of water lyiIg between Padre Island and tle Inainland, and on thle south and west by that part of Nueces County not included in the survey. The principal topographical features of the area consist of the broad level plains, thle gently rolling hills adjacent to the river valley, and thle low, flat delta lands which have been formed at the mouth of the Nueces River. The greater part of the area has the general appearance of a perfectly level plain, but low mounds and gentle swells give it, as a whole, a very gently unldullting topography. 5