Clear Creek

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Clear Creek is a coastal waterway in southeastern Texas that serves as a significant tributary and suburban drainage channel feeding into Galveston Bay.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Clear Creek canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf stream
adjacentTo Clear Lake City, Houston, Texas
Friendswood, Texas
League City, Texas
linked to: League City

Nassau Bay, Texas
Webster, Texas
connectedTo Clear Lake (Texas)
country United States
drainageFunction channelization of local bayous
suburban runoff collection
ecoregion Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes
linked to: Gulf Coast wetlands
environmentalConcern bacterial contamination after heavy rains
urban stormwater pollution
flowsInto Galveston Bay
formsBorderBetween Galveston County, Texas
Harris County, Texas
linked to: Harris County
hasEstuarineCharacteristics true
hasMouthElevation sea level
influences flood risk in surrounding suburbs
locatedIn Galveston County, Texas
Greater Houston
Harris County, Texas
linked to: Harris County

Texas
southeastern Texas
mouthOfWaterBody Galveston Bay
near Clear Lake (Houston area)
Johnson Space Center
partOf Galveston Bay watershed
linked to: Galveston Bay

Gulf of Mexico drainage basin
receivesRunoffFrom commercial developments
suburban residential areas
transportation corridors
regionServed Houston–Galveston metropolitan area
subjectTo tidal influence from Galveston Bay
supports bird habitat
fish habitat
use boating
fishing
recreation
stormwater conveyance
suburban drainage channel
waterBodyType freshwater–brackish mix
watercourseType coastal waterway
tidally influenced stream

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Galveston Bay receivesInflowFrom Clear Creek
League City locatedOn Clear Creek
League City, Texas locatedOn Clear Creek