Galveston Bay is a large estuary located along Texas's upper coast. An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State.
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Features
The Galveston Bay system consists of five subbays: Christmas Bay, West Bay, Lower Galveston Bay, Upper Galveston Bay, East Bay, and Trinity Bay. Trinity Bay is the northeast portion of Galveston Bay, bordered by Chambers and Harris counties The bay is fed by the Trinity River and the San Jacinto River, numerous local bayous and incoming tides from the Gulf of Mexico. The Trinity River is a 710-mile long river that flows entirely within the U The San Jacinto River runs from Lake Houston in Harris County Texas to Galveston Bay. The Gulf of Mexico ( Spanish: Golfo de México) is the ninth largest Body of water in the world The bay covers approximately 600 square miles (1,500 km²), and is 30 miles (50 km) long and 17 miles (27 km) wide. Galveston Bay is on average 7-9 feet (3 m) deep. The bay has three inlets at the Gulf of Mexico: Bolivar Roads (the exit of the Houston Ship Channel) between Galveston Island and the Bolivar Peninsula, San Luis Pass to the West, and Rollover Pass to the East. "Galveston" redirects here For the town in the US state of Indiana see Galveston Indiana.
Geography
The Houston Ship Channel, connecting the Port of Houston to the Gulf, passes through Galveston Bay. The Houston Ship Channel in Houston Texas is part of the Port of Houston —one of the United States 's busiest Sea ports The channel Houston, Texas is the largest city on the bay, while smaller ones include Galveston, Pasadena, Baytown, Texas City, and Anahuac. "Galveston" redirects here For the town in the US state of Indiana see Galveston Indiana. Pasadena ( is a City south of Houston in Harris County Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area Baytown is a City in Chambers and Harris Counties in the Gulf Coast region of the U Texas City is a city located in Galveston County Texas, a county in the U Anahuac is a city in Chambers County, Texas, United States. The population was 2210 at the 2000 census Four counties border the bay; Brazoria, Chambers, Harris, and Galveston County. Brazoria County is a County in the US state of Texas located on the Gulf Coast within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan Chambers County is a County located in the US state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown Metropolitan Area. Harris County is a County located in the US state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area Galveston County is a County located in the US state of Texas within the Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown metropolitan area
Resources
The bay provides nursery and spawning grounds for large amounts of marine life, and is important for both commercial and recreational fishing. For the computer security term see Phishing. Fishing is the activity of catching Fish.
External links
- Galveston Bay from the Handbook of Texas Online
- See an 1853 map Preliminary chart of San Luis Pass, Texas / from a trigonometrical survey under the direction of A.D. Bache ; triangulation by James S. Williams ; topography by J.M. Wampler ; hydrography by the party under the command of H.S. Stellwagen ; engg. by E. Yeager & J.J. Knight ; redd. drng. by E. Freyhold., hosted by the Portal to Texas History. The Handbook of Texas (ISBN 0-87611-151-7 is a comprehensive Encyclopedia of Texas geography history and historical persons published by the Texas
- Galveston Island State Park
- Galveston Bay Status and Trends
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