The Nueces River is a river in the U.S. state of Texas, approximately 315 miles (507 km) long. It drains a region in central and southern Texas southeastward into the Gulf of Mexico. It is the southernmost major river in Texas northeast of the Rio Grande. Nueces is Spanish for nut or nuts; early settlers named the river after the numerous pecan trees along its banks.
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