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Buffalo Bayou is a slow-moving river which flows through Houston in Harris County, Texas.Formed 18,000 years ago, it has its source in the prairie surrounding Katy, Fort Bend County, and flows approximately 53 miles (85 km) east through the Houston Ship Channel into Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. [2]
George Bush Park is a county park in Houston, Texas, United States, located on the far west side of the city.Situated entirely within Barker Reservoir, a large flood control structure, the park covers 7,800 acres (32 km 2), most of which is undeveloped forest used for the storage of floodwater. [2]
The beginnings of the San Jacinto Battleground State Historic site trace to the early 1880s, when the State of Texas purchased ten acres along Buffalo Bayou in preparation for the fiftieth anniversary of the Texas Revolution. The Daughters of the Republic of Texas (DRT) pressured the Texas Legislature for more appropriations for San Jacinto.
White Oak Bayou is a slow-moving river in Houston, Texas.A major tributary of the city's principal waterway, Buffalo Bayou, White Oak originates near the intersection of Texas State Highway 6 and U.S. Highway 290 (the Northwest Freeway) and meanders southeast for 25 miles (40 km) until it joins Buffalo Bayou in Downtown. [1]
Each night they eat 10,000 to 30,000 lb (4,500 to 13,600 kg) of insects. Each year, they attract 100,000 tourists who come to watch them. In Houston, Texas, a colony is living under the Waugh Street Bridge over Buffalo Bayou. It is the home to 250,000 bats and also attracts viewers.
Pine Gully Park is a 52-acre (21 ha) park located in Seabrook, Texas in the United States, near Houston.It is located on the shore of Galveston Bay.The park belongs to the Seabrook Trail System and includes undeveloped and restored woodlands, salt marshes and several species of wildlife.
Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge: New Orleans: LA 1990: 22,770 acres (92.1 km 2) [153] Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge: St. Mary Parish: LA 2001: 9,028 acres (36.54 km 2) [154] Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge: St. Tammany Parish: LA 2001: 24,000 acres (97 km 2) [155] Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge: Ouachita ...
The Baytown Nature Center is located in Baytown, Texas, 20 miles (32 km) east of Houston.It is located on a 450-acre (1.8 km 2) peninsula along the Houston Ship Channel and surrounded on three sides by Burnet Bay, Crystal Bay, and Scott Bay.