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Matagorda Bay

American  
[mat-uh-gawr-duh, mat-uh-] / ˈmæt əˈgɔr də, ˌmæt ə- /

noun

  1. a bay in SE Texas, at the mouth of the Colorado River, separated from the Gulf of Mexico by the Matagorda Peninsula. About 50 miles (80 km) long.


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America’s most powerful bench deemed that Formosa had to improve its wastewater and stormwater discharge facilities, and the State of Texas had to create a Matagorda Bay Mitigation Trust to support environmental projects.

From Salon • Dec. 5, 2024

For the next half-hour, he worked methodically, using his bare fingers to sort the slippery crustaceans from Matagorda Bay.

From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2023

Hurricane-force gusts also were noted elsewhere along Matagorda Bay, with gusts around 60 mph in Galveston.

From Washington Post • Sep. 14, 2021

Farther south on the Texas coast, Maria Serrano Culpepper along with her two daughters and dogs left their home in Magnolia Beach near Matagorda Bay on Sunday night.

From Washington Times • Sep. 22, 2020

During the last week of January the locks on the Intracoastal Waterway were closed to exclude the toxic waters from Matagorda Bay and divert them into the Gulf of Mexico.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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