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Galveston Bay

American  

noun

  1. an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico.


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Space Center Houston sits a couple miles inland from a tidal estuary that feeds into the Gulf’s Galveston Bay.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Forecasters had also issued a tornado warning for the area as well as a special marine warning for the area including the Galveston Bay.

From New York Times • May 16, 2024

The Galveston Bay Refinery is the fourth largest by capacity in the United States, according to the U.S.

From Reuters • Nov. 17, 2023

Aerial footage from Houston television stations showed crews trying to put out flames at the Galveston Bay refinery, which is along a stretch of Texas coast that is heavily populated by petrochemical facilities.

From Seattle Times • May 15, 2023

The whole of Galveston Bay is very shallow, except a narrow channel of about a hundred yards immediately in front of the now deserted wharves.

From Three Months in the Southern States, April-June 1863 by Fremantle, Arthur James Lyon

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