Port of Brownsville
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The Port of Brownsville is a deep water seaport in Brownsville, Texas
(United States
), and is the southern terminus of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. The port is located just eight miles from the border of Mexico at the Rio Grande. It's hinterland is most of Northern Mexico, including the large industrial city of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. The mouth of the Brownsville ship channel is the old harbor of Los Brazos de Santiago, which was the landing place of Spanish conquistador Pineda in 1519, and others.
Brownsville, Texas
Brownsville is a city in the southernmost tip of the state of Texas, in the United States. It is located on the northern bank of the Rio Grande, directly north and across the border from Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Brownsville is the 16th largest city in the state of Texas with a population of...
(United States
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), and is the southern terminus of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. The port is located just eight miles from the border of Mexico at the Rio Grande. It's hinterland is most of Northern Mexico, including the large industrial city of Monterrey, Nuevo Leon. The mouth of the Brownsville ship channel is the old harbor of Los Brazos de Santiago, which was the landing place of Spanish conquistador Pineda in 1519, and others.