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    Geography of Houston - Wikipedia

    • Rivers Houston, often popularly referred to as the Bayou City, is crossed by a number of slow-moving, swampy rivers, which are essential to draining the region's broad floodplains. The city was founded at the convergence of Buffalo Bayou and White Oak Bayou, a point today known as Allen's Landing. Buffalo Bayou is the longest and largest of the bayous w… See more

    Overview

    Houston, the most populous city in the Southern United States, is located along the upper Texas Gulf Coast, … See more

    Geology

    Houston is largely located within the Northern Humid Gulf Coast Prairies level IV ecoregion (34a), a subset of the Western Gulf coastal grasslands level III region as defined by the United States Environmental Protection … See more

    Groundwater

    Two freshwater aquifers, the Chicot and Evangeline, underlie the Greater Houston area. These aquifers are composed mostly of sand and clay. The Chicot is located above the Evangeline, and a confining layer separates t… See more

    Cityscape

    When Houston was established in 1837, the city's founders—John Kirby Allen and Augustus Chapman Allen—divided it into political geographic districts called "wards." The ward designation is the progenitor of the current … See more

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    Jan 31, 2024 · At the time Houston was founded, the Allen brothers commissioned Gail Borden to produce a map of the new city. Reproduced on the 1869 wood map, the original map …

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    Why is Houston called the Bayou City?
    Houston, often popularly referred to as the Bayou City, is crossed by a number of slow-moving, swampy rivers, which are essential to draining the region's broad floodplains. The city was founded at the convergence of Buffalo Bayou and White Oak Bayou, a point today known as Allen's Landing.

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    Why does Houston have a bayous?
    The bayou is one of the only bayous in Houston to retain its natural riparian ecosystem. Following the passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972, Houston sought to address the untreated sewage that was being discharged into the bayous.

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    Where does the Houston Bayou Go?
    The bayou flows past Allen's Landing and joins White Oak Bayou before exiting the central business district at Interstate 69. The bayou widens considerably as it travels through the East End, culminating at the Houston Ship Channel.

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    What type of soil does Houston have?
    The land surface in and around the city of Houston is composed of alternating layers of red, gray, sandy brown, and black organic clay; these strata generally dip to the southeast at a slope of 0.06% (3 feet (0.91 m) of vertical change for every 1 mile (1.6 km) of distance traveled).

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    Does Houston have a lake?
    Houston contains few naturally formed lakes. Lake Houston, an 11,854-acre (4,797-hectare) reservoir located approximately 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Downtown, was created by damming the San Jacinto River in the 1950s to create a dependable, long-term supply of drinking water.

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    What is Houston known for?
    Originally founded in 1836, the magnificent city of Houston has since become a multilingual referent of space exploration, medicine and petroleum.

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    Jun 14, 2022 · Less than 20 miles northeast of downtown Houston, Humble Oil company discovered a salt dome field, developing the area’s potential in oil. The discovery well produced about 8,500 bpd so others were installed nearby, …

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    Riverine Forested Wetlands - Texas Coastal Wetlands

    Swamps are the wettest type of riverine forested wetland in Texas. True swamps are found mostly in East Texas, from Houston east to the Sabine River. Bottomland hardwood forests, the most common type of riverine forested …