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Clear Lake is a brackish
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located near
Houston Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 ...
,
Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
, U.S., in Harris County. The lake feeds
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 ...
. It is bordered by Houston ( Clear Lake City), Pasadena,
League City League City is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, in Galveston County, within the metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 112,129. The city of League City has a small portion north of Clear Creek within Harris ...
, Clear Lake Shores, Taylor Lake Village, Seabrook and El Lago, Texas.
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's
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lies near its shores. The lake is a major recreation center and home to one of the largest concentrations of recreational boats and marinas in the nation. The communities surrounding the lake, known collectively as the Clear Lake Area, contain a large base of
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and
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businesses.


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Bodies of water of Harris County, Texas Greater Houston Geography of Houston Galveston Bay Area Tourist attractions in Harris County, Texas Lakes of Texas {{harrisCountyTX-geo-stub