South Bay (Texas)

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South Bay

South Bay Coastal Preserve

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South Bay at Texas Gulf Coast

Location|

* Boca Chica
* Cameron County
* Texas

Coordinates| 26°1′46.29″N 97°11′2.90″W﻿ / ﻿26.0295250°N 97.1841389°W﻿ / 26.0295250; -97.1841389
Part of|

* Boca Chica Bay[1]
* South Bay Pass[2]
* Verdolaga Lake[3]

Basin countries| United States
Max. length| 3 miles (4.8 km)
Max. width| 2.5 miles (4.0 km)
Surface area| 3.1 square miles (8.0 km2)
Average depth| 2 ft (0.61 m) ~ 4 ft (1.2 m)
Islands| Brazos Island
References|

* ☆ 1376184
* ☆ South Bay

South Bay is a bay in the Laguna Madre in Texas separated from the Gulf of Mexico by Brazos Island. It is the southernmost bay in Texas, about 1 mi (1.6 km) north of the Texas-Mexico Border.[4]

## Depiction of Texas Rio Grande Valley Seacoast

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Lower Laguna Madre at Texas Gulf Coast

Illustration of South Bay at Port Isabel, Texas

## See also

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* Brazos Santiago Pass
* Port Isabel, Texas
* Port of Brownsville

## References

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1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Boca Chica Bay
2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: South Bay Pass
3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Verdolaga Lake
4. ^ Anonymous. "South Bay". Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association.

## External links

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* Media related to South Bay (Texas) at Wikimedia Commons
* Rio Grande Valley travel guide from Wikivoyage
* East, Jeffrey W.; Solis, R.S.; Ockerman, D.J. (June 1997). "Computed Discharges at Five Sites in Lower Laguna Madre Near Port Isabel, Texas" (PDF). U.S. Geological Survey ~ Fact Sheet 167-98. United States Geological Survey. doi:10.3133/fs16798.
* "South Bay Coastal Preserve". Texas Gulf Ecological Management Sites (GEMS). Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
* "Southern Part of Laguna Madre ~ NOAA Route Chart". NOAA Office of Coast Survey. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. June 2020.

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Waters of Texas

Bays and estuaries
of the Gulf of Mexico|

* Alazan Bay
* Aransas Bay
* Baffin Bay
* Carancahua Bay
* Christmas Bay
* Copano Bay
* Corpus Christi Bay
* Dickinson Bay
* East Bay
* East Matagorda Bay
* Espiritu Santo Bay
* Galveston Bay
* Guadalupe Bay
* Laguna Madre
* Lavaca Bay
* Matagorda Bay
* Nueces Bay
* Oso Bay
* Redfish Bay
* Sabine Lake
* San Antonio Bay
* South Bay
* St. Charles Bay
* Tres Palacios Bay
* Trinity Bay
* West Bay

Channels and canals|

* Acequia Madre de Valero
* American Canal
* Aransas Pass
* Bolivar Roads
* Brazos Santiago Pass
* Cedar Bayou
* Franklin Canal
* Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
* Houston Ship Channel
* Matagorda Ship Channel
* Pass Cavallo
* Port Mansfield Channel
* Riverside Canal
* Sabine Pass
* Sabine–Neches Waterway
* San Luis Pass

Lakes and reservoirs|

* Amistad Reservoir
* Caddo Lake
* Canyon Lake
* Cedar Creek Reservoir
* Choke Canyon Reservoir
* Falcon International Reservoir
* Inks Lake
* Lady Bird Lake
* Lavon Lake
* Lake Austin
* Lake Bardwell
* Lake Buchanan
* Lake Conroe
* Lake Corpus Christi
* Lake Ray Hubbard
* Lake Ray Roberts
* Lake LBJ
* Lake Livingston
* Lake Marble Falls
* Lake Meredith
* Lake Tawakoni
* Lake Texoma
* Lake Travis
* Lewisville Lake
* Richland-Chambers Reservoir
* Sam Rayburn Reservoir
* Toledo Bend Reservoir

Rivers|

* Angelina River
* Blanco River
* Bosque River
* Brazos River
* Buffalo Bayou
* Colorado River
* Concho River
* Canadian River
* Guadalupe River
* James River
* Lampasas River
* Lavaca River
* Leon River
* Little River
* Llano River
* Navidad River
* Neches River
* Nolan River
* Nueces River
* Frio River
* Paluxy River
* Pease River
* Pedernales River
* Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River
* Red River
* Rio Grande
* Devils River
* Pecos River
* Sabine River
* San Antonio River
* Medina River
* San Bernard River
* San Gabriel River
* San Jacinto River
* San Marcos River
* San Saba River
* Sulphur River
* Trinity River
* Wichita River
* White River

Wetlands|

* Big Cypress Bayou
* Cow Bayou
* Ottine wetlands
* Rincon Bayou
* Rio Grande Valley

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