Estuaries of Texas
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The U.S. state of Texas has a series of estuaries along its coast on the Gulf of Mexico, most of them bounded by the Texas barrier islands. Estuaries are coastal bodies of water in which freshwater fr
Sport fishing off Padre Island National Seashore in Laguna Madre
Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi on Ward Island by the south shore of Corpus Christi Bay
Aerial view of San José Island and Aransas Bay
Pelicans in Aransas National Wildlife Refuge by the shore of San Antonio Bay
Matagorda Bay
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Matagorda Bay is a large Gulf of Mexico bay on the Texas coast, lying in Calhoun and Matagorda counties and located approximately 80 miles northeast of Corpus Christi, 143 miles east-southeast of San
Estuaries of Texas
…Nueces Estuary (Corpus Christi Bay), the Mission–Aransas Estuary (Aransas Bay), the Guadalupe Estuary (San Antonio Bay), the Colorado–Lavaca Estuary (Matagorda Bay), East Matagorda Bay, the San Bernard River and Cedar Lakes Estuary, the Brazos River Estuary, Christmas Bay, the Trinity–San Jacinto Estuary (Galveston…
Matagorda Bay at Jensen Point
Matagorda Bay from space
Theodore Gudin's painting of La Salle's entrance into Matagorda Bay, 1684
Carancahua Bay (yellow), Chocolate Bay (brown), East Matagorda Bay (red), Keller Bay (lime), Lavaca Bay (orange), Matagorda Bay (purple), Tres Palacios Bay (magenta), Turtle Bay (olive)