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  2. Estuaries of Texas - Wikipedia

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    East Matagorda Bay is a minor estuary located on the upper-mid Texas coast in Matagorda County immediately northeast of the Colorado–Lavaca Estuary (Matagorda Bay). It has no significant river sources and is separated from the Gulf of Mexico by Matagorda Peninsula, only intermittently connecting with it through Brown Cedar Cut.

  3. Texas–Gulf water resource region - Wikipedia

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    New Mexico and Texas. 16,000 sq mi (41,000 km 2) HUC1208: 1209 Lower Colorado–San Bernard Coastal subregion: The Colorado River Basin below the Oak Creek Basin; and the Coastal drainage and associated waters from the Brazos River Basin boundary to the Colorado River Basin boundary. Texas. 28,400 sq mi (74,000 km 2) HUC1209: 1210

  4. Colorado River (Texas) - Wikipedia

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    The Colorado River is an approximately 862-mile-long (1,387 km) river [5] in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the 11th longest river in the United States [ 5 ] and the longest river with both its source and its mouth within Texas.

  5. Matagorda Bay - Wikipedia

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    Matagorda Bay (/ ˌ m æ t ə ˈ ɡ ɔːr d ə / ⓘ [2]) is a large Gulf of Mexico bay on the Texas coast, lying in Calhoun and Matagorda counties and located approximately 80 miles (130 km) northeast of Corpus Christi, 143 miles (230 km) east-southeast of San Antonio, 108 miles (174 km) south-southwest of Houston, and 167 miles (269 km) south-southeast of Austin.

  6. Texas Gulf Coast - Wikipedia

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    Texas Gulf Coast is an intertidal zone which borders the coastal region of South Texas, Southeast Texas, and the Texas Coastal Bend.The Texas coastal geography boundaries the Gulf of Mexico encompassing a geographical distance relative bearing at 367 miles (591 km) of coastline according to CRS [1] and 3,359 miles (5,406 km) of shoreline according to NOAA.

  7. Caney Creek (Matagorda Bay) - Wikipedia

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    Caney Creek (Matagorda Bay) is a river in Texas that begins northwest of Wharton, flows generally southeast, and empties into the Gulf of Mexico near Sargent. The major waterway to the west is the Colorado River while the next major waterway to the east is the San Bernard River .

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  9. Galveston Bay - Wikipedia

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    Galveston Bay (/ ˈ ɡ æ l v ɪ s t ən / GAL-vis-tən) is a bay in the western Gulf of Mexico along the upper coast of Texas. It is the seventh-largest estuary in the United States, [2] and the largest of seven major estuaries along the Texas Gulf Coast. It is connected to the Gulf of Mexico and is surrounded by sub-tropical marshes and ...