Published onJune 6, 2024Houston has topography: Looking at why Buffalo Bayou does not drain to the sea, directlyfloodplainopen-datagismapgeospatialtiffshapefilepythonhoustongeojsonriverhazardsdatarelative-elevation-mapDEMWhat a relative elevation map referenced against large rivers and coastline can tell us about why Buffalo Bayou flows east instead of south south east like many rivers in the area.