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  The boat house is flanked by walkways.
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  Most of the homes on the bluff have a fishing pier.
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  The inlet is protected from the bay.
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  rear facade facing Bayou Texar
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  The boardwalk offers a panoramic view of Big Lagoon, the park and Gulf Islands National Seashore across the Intracostal Waterway.
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  The seagrass meadows are some of the finest to be found anywhere in the world. Similar in appearance to the terrestrial habitats from which they take their name, these meadows are composed of an assortment of low-growing flowering plants that are uniquely adapted to life in a submarine environment.
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  Seagrasses are normally found in relatively shalow water. Like typical land plants, seagrasses depend on photosynthesis for energy production. For this reason, they cannot live in water that is either too deep or too dim to allow the penetration of sunlight.