Armand Bayou
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Armand Bayou, also known as Middle Bayou, is a river in U.S. State
U.S. state
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 of Texas
Texas
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. It runs near Galveston Bay
Galveston Bay
Galveston Bay is a large estuary located along the upper coast of Texas in the United States. It is connected to the Gulf of Mexico and is surrounded by sub-tropic marshes and prairies on the mainland. The water in the Bay is a complex mixture of sea water and fresh water which supports a wide...

 in Pasadena
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Pasadena is a city in the U.S. state of Texas within the metropolitan area. It is the second-largest city in Harris County, 17th-largest in Texas, and 162nd largest in the United States. The area was founded in 1893 by John H. Burnett of Galveston....

 and the Clear Lake Area.

The river is most well known for the Armand Bayou Nature Center
Armand Bayou Nature Center
Armand Bayou Nature Center is an urban preserve located in Pasadena and southeast Houston between the Johnson Space Center and the Bayport Industrial District...

, 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

  • List of rivers of Texas

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.
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