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The Four Regions of Texas
Ms. Frucht & Ms. Obuch
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Four Regions of Texas
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Four Regions of Texas
• 1. The North Central Plains
• 2. The Great Plains
• 3. The Coastal Plains
• 4. The Mountains and Basins
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The North Central PlainsFeatures:
The Grand Plains, The Cross Timbers, and The Rolling Plains.
Crops:
Cotton, Corn, and other Grains.
Animals:
Cattle, sheep, goats, hogs, turkeys, dairy cows
Cities:
Fort Worth, Wichita Falls, Abilene
North Central Plains
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The North Central PlainsBorders:
Escarpment- a steep cliff that
is formed at a fault line
Red RiverCaprock
Escarpment
EdwardsPlateau
Balcones Escarpment
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The North Central plainsPlants:
Peaches, hay, peanuts, wheat, and sorghum.
Sorghum- a sweet grass that is used to feed cattle and grazing animals.
Natural Resources:
Oil, Limestone, Sand, Gravel, Grass, and Clay.
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The Great PlainsThe Great Plains
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The Great Plains Borders:
NewMexico
Oklahoma
Cap Rock Escarpment
Rio Grande
Edwards Plateau
Panhandle
Palo Duro Canyon
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The Great Plains
Features:The Great Plains to the north are known as the Texas Panhandle. The land is mostly flat grasslands, but there are steep canyons cut out of the land by rivers. This is where the The Palo Duro Canyon is located. The Palo Duro Canyon is the second largest canyon in the US. It is 100 miles long and 6 miles wide. In the southern part of the Great Plains, the land is rolling and hilly with hills reaching 500 feet or more.This part of the region is known as the Texas Hill Country.
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Palo Duro Canyon
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Texas Hill Country
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The Great Plains Industry:
Oil and Gas production, Cattle, Ranching, and Mohair.
Mohair is the hair of angora goats that is spun into fine yarn and threads often used for sweaters.
Plants:
The region is very dry and has few trees. But most of the Texas wine grapes are grown here. The region is a broad grassland and is mostly used for farming and grazing cattle.
Cities:
Llano, Amarillo, Lubbock, Odessa, Fredricksburg and Kerville
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The Coastal Plains
The CoastalPlains
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The Coastal Plains1. The largest of the Four Regions. It is 1/3 of the State.
2. It runs along the Gulf of Mexico.
3. Reaches inland, away from the coast, about 250 miles
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The Coastal PlainsBorders:
Mexico
Rio Grande
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Red River
Balcones Escarpment
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The Coastal PlainsNatural Resources:
Petroleum, natural gas, rich soils, wetlands and seafood.
Plants:
Wheat, Cotton, Sorghum, Pine Trees
Major cities:
Houston, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Dallas Brownsville, Austin, Port Arthur and Beaumont
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The Coastal PlainsThis region of Texas is so large and diverse that it’s
made up of 5 smaller Regions:
1. Piney Woods
2. Gulf Coastal Plains
3. South Texas Plains
4. Post Oak Belt
5. Blackland Prairie
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Post Oak Belt
Blackland Prairie
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Mountains and Basins
Mountains & Basins
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Mountains and BasinsBorders:
Rio Grande
Mexico
New Mexico
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Mountains and BasinsFeatures:
- Towering Peaks, Rocky Canyons
- Guadalupe Peak is the highest point in Texas.-8,749 feet.
- Dry Rocky soil.
- Big Ben National Park, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, McDonald Observatory, and The Davis Mountains.
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Mountains and Basins Plants:
This region is driest in Texas. Little vegetation grows here except for various types of cacti, mesquite and desert plants.
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Mountains and BasinsCities:
El Paso, Presidio
El Paso is the only Major City in Texas that is in a different Time Zone.