Armand Bayou is a bayou in
U.S. State
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of
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2 ...
. It runs near
Galveston Bay
Galveston Bay ( ) 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, and the largest of seven major estuaries along the Texas Gulf Coast. It is connected to the Gulf of ...
in
Pasadena
Pasadena ( ) is a city in Los Angeles County, California, northeast of downtown Los Angeles. It is the most populous city and the primary cultural center of the San Gabriel Valley. Old Pasadena is the city's original commercial district.
Its ...
and the
Clear Lake Area
Clear Lake, or the Clear Lake Area, is a region in parts of Harris and Galveston County in Texas, United States. It is part of the Galveston Bay Area, which itself is a section of the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area.Kimball ...
.
The bayou is best known for the
Armand Bayou Nature Center
Armand Bayou Nature Center is an urban preserve located in Pasadena and southeast Houston between the Johnson Space Center and the Bayport Industrial District. The nature center is the largest urban wilderness preserve in the United States.
The ...
, through which it runs. The bayou and the nature center were named for
Armand Yramategui, former curator of the
Burke Baker Planetarium
The Houston Museum of Natural Science (abbreviated as HMNS) is a natural history museum located on the northern border of Hermann Park in Houston, Texas, United States. The museum was established in 1909 by the Houston Museum and Scientific Societ ...
and environmental leader during the 1960s.
State Representative
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Two federations literally use the term "state legislature":
* The legislative branches of each of the fifty state governments of the United Sta ...
Dennis Paul
Dennis Paul is an American engineer and politician. He serves as a Republican member for the 129th district of the Texas House of Representatives.
Paul was born in Houston. He attended San Jacinto College and the University of Houston, where h ...
, before he took office, was among those who worked with community leaders to clean up the bayou before the
United States Environmental Protection Agency
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ordered a national solution to what Paul otherwise viewed as "a local problem."
See also
*
List of rivers of Texas
The list of rivers of Texas is a list of all named waterways, including rivers and streams that partially pass through or are entirely located within the U.S. state of Texas. Across the state, there are 3,700 named streams and 15 major rivers acc ...
References
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* Texas State Historical Association.
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USGS Geographic Names Information Service*USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas (1974)
Rivers of Texas
Galveston Bay Area
Rivers of Houston
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