Reader Colleen Batchelor asked, “I’ve always wondered how it came to be that the main waterways in Houston are called ‘bayous’ and not referred to as creeks or rivers.” The query plops ...
While they resembled the bayous of the East Bank, they differed in how they were oriented and used — and when they disappeared. The reasons are rooted in the two ways that bayous formed in ...
A seawall in Galveston buffers storm surge from the Gulf. Bayous and man-made channels drain water from the region. Levees protect suburban neighborhoods, and lakes meant to be sources for ...
In fact, there would be no New Orleans without the bayous, so you owe it to yourself to take a swamp tour. A mix of saltwater and freshwater, the bayous are home to crawfish, shrimp, deer and ...