Armand Bayou
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Origin | Pasadena |
Mouth | Mud Lake / Clear Lake |
Basin countries | United States |
Basin area | Armand Bayou Watershed |
Armand Bayou, is a bayou in U.S. State of Texas. It runs near Galveston Bay in Pasadena and the Clear Lake Area.
The bayou is most well known for the Armand Bayou Nature Center, which it runs through. The bayou and the nature center were named for Armand Yramatagui, former curator of the Burke Baker Planetarium and environmental leader in the 1960s.
See also
On the upper part of Armand Bayou there is a pleistocene fossil site eroding out of the creek bed. See link; http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/279234 "Upper Armand Bayou Fossil Fauna", Pasadena,Texas by George E. Wolf Jr. This site was discovered by George E. Wolf Jr.
References
- "Armand Bayou Watershed History". Armand Bayou Watershed Partnership. July 2003.
- Armand Bayou from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved 21 Dec 2009. Texas State Historical Association.
- "An Analysis of Texas Waterways". Archived from the original on 3 May 2006. Retrieved 2006-05-04.
- USGS Geographic Names Information Service
- USGS Hydrologic Unit Map - State of Texas (1974)
Coordinates: 29°37′0″N 95°6′0″W / 29.61667°N 95.10000°W
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