Galveston Bay

E99004
bay body of water estuary

Galveston Bay is a large, shallow estuarine bay on the Texas Gulf Coast that serves as a major hub for shipping, industry, and coastal ecosystems.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Galveston Bay canonical 26
Galveston Harbor 2
Galveston Bay Estuary Program 1

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bay ⓘ
body of water ⓘ
estuary ⓘ
adjacentTo Baytown, Texas ⓘ
Bolivar Peninsula ⓘ
Galveston ⓘ
surface form: City of Galveston

Galveston ⓘ
surface form: Galveston Island

Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Houston metropolitan area

Kemah, Texas ⓘ
La Porte, Texas ⓘ
League City, Texas ⓘ
Pasadena, Texas ⓘ
Seabrook, Texas ⓘ
Texas City, Texas ⓘ
averageDepth about 2–3 meters ⓘ
basinCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
characteristic shallow ⓘ
connectedTo East Bay ⓘ
Houston Ship Channel ⓘ
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway ⓘ
surface form: Intracoastal Waterway

Trinity Bay ⓘ
West Bay ⓘ
containsFeature salt marshes ⓘ
seagrass beds ⓘ
tidal flats ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
economicActivity commercial fishing ⓘ
petrochemical industry ⓘ
recreational fishing ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
environmentalIssue coastal erosion ⓘ
habitat loss ⓘ
industrial pollution ⓘ
nutrient runoff ⓘ
governedBy Galveston Bay self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Galveston Bay Estuary Program
habitatFor blue crabs ⓘ
bottlenose dolphins ⓘ
migratory birds ⓘ
oysters ⓘ
shrimp ⓘ
locatedIn Texas ⓘ
Gulf Coast of Texas ⓘ
surface form: Texas Gulf Coast
majorPortFor Galveston ⓘ
surface form: Port of Galveston

Port of Houston ⓘ
Texas City, Texas ⓘ
surface form: Port of Texas City
mouthOf San Jacinto River ⓘ
Trinity River ⓘ
notableEvent impacts from Hurricane Harvey in 2017 ⓘ
impacts from Hurricane Ike in 2008 ⓘ
partOf Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
National Estuary Program ⓘ
proneTo hurricanes ⓘ
storm surge flooding ⓘ
receivesInflowFrom Buffalo Bayou ⓘ
Clear Creek ⓘ
Dickinson Bayou ⓘ
San Jacinto River ⓘ
Trinity River ⓘ
region Southeast Texas ⓘ
surface form: Upper Texas Coast
state Texas ⓘ
waterType brackish ⓘ
estuarine ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Port of Houston → locatedOnWaterbody → Galveston Bay ⓘ
The Ghost of Tom Joad → hasTrack → Galveston Bay ⓘ
Southeast Texas → bordersBodyOfWater → Galveston Bay ⓘ
Houston Ship Channel → locatedIn → Galveston Bay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galveston Bay area
Houston Ship Channel → connects → Galveston Bay ⓘ
Galveston Bay → governedBy → Galveston Bay self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galveston Bay Estuary Program
Houston petrochemical complex → adjacentTo → Galveston Bay ⓘ
Galveston County, Texas → contains → Galveston Bay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galveston Bay shoreline
The Strand Historic District → locatedNear → Galveston Bay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galveston Harbor
Ocean Star Offshore Drilling Rig and Museum → locatedIn → Galveston Bay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galveston Harbor
Trinity Bay → partOf → Galveston Bay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galveston Bay system
Trinity Bay → locatedNear → Galveston Bay ⓘ
Trinity Bay → connectedTo → Galveston Bay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Upper Galveston Bay
Gulf Coast of Texas → contains → Galveston Bay ⓘ
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway → passesThrough → Galveston Bay ⓘ
San Jacinto River → mouthLocatedIn → Galveston Bay ⓘ
San Jacinto River → flowsInto → Galveston Bay ⓘ
Texas City, Texas → locatedOn → Galveston Bay ⓘ
Bacliff, Texas → locatedOn → Galveston Bay ⓘ
Baytown, Texas → locatedOn → Galveston Bay ⓘ
Bayou Vista, Texas → adjacentTo → Galveston Bay ⓘ
Bayou Vista, Texas → drainageBasin → Galveston Bay ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galveston Bay watershed
Hitchcock, Texas → locatedNear → Galveston Bay ⓘ
Clear Lake City, Houston → adjacentTo → Galveston Bay ⓘ
San Leon, Texas → locatedOn → Galveston Bay ⓘ
San Leon, Texas → hasWaterBody → Galveston Bay ⓘ
Anahuac, Texas → locatedNear → Galveston Bay ⓘ
Pasadena, Texas → locatedNear → Galveston Bay ⓘ
Kemah, Texas → locatedOn → Galveston Bay ⓘ
Kemah, Texas → borderedBy → Galveston Bay ⓘ
La Porte, Texas → locatedOn → Galveston Bay ⓘ
La Porte, Texas → hasWaterBody → Galveston Bay ⓘ
La Porte, Texas → hasCoastlineOn → Galveston Bay ⓘ
Clear Lake area → borders → Galveston Bay ⓘ