- Armand Bayou
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Armand Bayou Origin Pasadena Mouth Mud Lake / Clear Lake Basin countries United States Basin area Armand Bayou Watershed Armand Bayou, also known as Middle Bayou, is a river in U.S. State of Texas. It runs near Galveston Bay in Pasadena and the Clear Lake Area.
The river is most well known for the Armand Bayou Nature Center, which it runs through. The bayou and the nature center were named for Armand Yramatagui, former curator of the Burke Baker Planetarium and environmental leader in the 1960s.
See also
On the upper part of Armand Bayou there is a pleistocene fossil site eroding out of the creek bed. See link; http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/279234 "Upper Armand Bayou Fossil Fauna", Pasadena,Texas by George E. Wolf Jr. This site was discovered by George E. Wolf Jr.
References
- "Armand Bayou Watershed History". Armand Bayou Watershed Partnership. July 2003. http://www.armandbayou.org/watersheds/docs/AlecyaAbwwgHabitat.doc.
- Armand Bayou from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved 21 Dec 2009. Texas State Historical Association.
- "An Analysis of Texas Waterways". http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/pwdpubs/pwd_rp_t3200_1047/index.phtml. Retrieved 2006-05-04.
- USGS Geographic Names Information Service
- USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas (1974)
Coordinates: 29°37′0″N 95°6′0″W / 29.616667°N 95.1°W
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municipalitiesBacliff · Bayview · Clear Lake City (part of Houston/Pasadena) · Double Bayou · San Leon · Smith PointCounties Subregions Bodies of
waterArmand Bayou · Cedar Bayou · Clear Creek · Clear Lake · Dickinson Bay · Galveston Bay · Lake Anahuac · Moses Lake · San Jacinto River · Taylor Lake · Trinity Bay · Trinity RiverMajor ports Barbours Cut · Bayport · Texas CityNature
preservesAnahuac National Wildlife Refuge · Armand Bayou Nature Center · Baytown Nature Center · Pine Gully Park · Texas City Prairie PreserveHouston–Sugar Land–Baytown Counties Austin • Brazoria • Chambers • Fort Bend • Galveston • Harris • Liberty • Montgomery • San Jacinto • Waller"Principal" cities Other cities Alvin • Angleton • Bellaire • Clute • Deer Park • Dickinson • Freeport • Friendswood • Galena Park • Humble • Jacinto City • Katy • Lake Jackson • La Marque • La Porte • League City • Missouri City • Pasadena • Pearland • Richmond • Rosenberg • South Houston • Stafford • Texas City • West University Place
- For a complete listing, see list of cities and towns in Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown MSA
Unincorporated
areasAtascocita • Channelview • Cloverleaf • Crosby • Cypress • Fresno • Hockley • Klein • Port Bolivar • Spring • The WoodlandsBodies of water Buffalo Bayou • Galveston Bay • Gulf Intracoastal Waterway • Houston Ship Channel • San Jacinto River • Trinity River • Lake Houston • Lake ConroeCategories:- Texas geography stubs
- Rivers of Texas
- Galveston Bay Area
- Geography of Houston, Texas
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