Geography
The Galveston Bay Area is located on the gulf coastal plain, and its vegetation is classified as temperate grassland and marshes. The municipalities have been built on reclaimed marshes, swamps, and prairies, which are all still visible in undeveloped areas. Flatness of the local terrain and proximity to the Bay and the Gulf have made flooding a recurring problem for the area. The region once relied on groundwater for its needs, but land subsidence has forced much of the region to turn to ground-level water sources.
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