TEXAS GEOGRAPHY REVIEW! Texas is a big place so this is a big review! Can you handle it?

What is geography? The study of the earth

4 Natural Regions of Texas North Central Plains Great Plains Coastal Plains Mountains & Basins

Texas is the 2nd largest state! What’s the 1st largest state?

What is the most important mineral resource in Texas? Oil

Coastal Plains

The Coastal Plains

Oklahoma 48 Red River Products- Population- Landscape- Lumber, cotton, rice, fishing, oil, citrus fruits, cattle ranching. Big population. The largest cities are here: Dallas, Austin, Houston, San Antonio Mostly flat. Becomes more hilly as you move west. Lots of rivers and lakes. 48 Oklahoma ARKANSAS Red River Dallas Houston San Antonio Gulf of Mexico Mexico

Coastal Plains Size: Largest region Location: next to Gulf of Mexico; Southeast Texas Climate: mild climate; Humid along the coast. Landforms: plains rolling hills & rivers, Edwards Aquifer Products: lumber, farming, trade, tourism, ranching, oil & petrochemical industries Major Cities: (2/3) of the Texas population lives here. Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Austin, Corpus Christi, Laredo, Brownsville Coastal Plains

Houston: Population- 2.1 Million Laredo: Population- 225,000 San Antonio: Population- 1.3 Million

Dallas: Population- 1.2 Million Austin: Population- 736,000 Corpus Christi: Population- 286,000 Brownsville: Population- 173,000

Label Your Map Dallas Austin Houston San Antonio Corpus Christi Laredo Brownsville

High Plains Great Plains Caprock Escarpment R A N C H I G

20 New Mexico Lubbock Products- Cattle and sheep ranching, Population- Landscape- 20 Cattle and sheep ranching, oil, farming (wheat and cotton). Low. The towns are spread farther apart. Mostly flat. Some hills, plateaus and canyons. Palo Duro Canyon

Midland: Population- 102,000 Lubbock: Population- 218,000 Amarillo: Population- 190,000 Lubbock: Population- 218,000

Great Plains Size: 2nd largest Location: northwest Texas Climate: dry, not a lot of rainfall; cooler summers; winters-cold Landforms: plains, hills, rivers, Ogallala Aquifer, Balcones and Caprock escarpments and Edwards Plateau Products: oil & gas industries, farming and ranching Major Cities: Lubbock, Amarillo, Midland

Label Your Map Amarillo Lubbock Midland

North Central Plains

North Central Plains

35 Red River Products- Cattle and sheep ranching, Caprock escarpment Red River Products- Population- Landscape- 35 Cattle and sheep ranching, oil, farming (wheat and cotton). Medium. Less than the GCP. Largest city is Fort Worth. Mostly flat. Some hills.

Central Plains Size: 3rd largest Location: North central Texas Climate: Cold in winter; hot in summer. Less rainfall than Coastal Plains. Landforms: plains, rivers Products: ranching and agribusiness Major Cities: Fort Worth, Abilene, Killeen, Wichita Falls, San Angelo Central Plains

Fort Worth: Population- 534,000 Abilene: Population- 116,000 San Angelo: Population- 89,000

Wichita Falls: Population- 104,000 Killeen: Population- 112,000

Label Your Map Wichita Falls Fort Worth Abilene Killeen San Angelo

Guadalupe Peak 8,749 ft. – Tallest mountain in Texas Mountains & Basins Guadalupe Peak 8,749 ft. – Tallest mountain in Texas

Products- Population- Landscape- Some cattle ranching. A little farming along the Rio Grande. Oil. El Paso 8 Very low. Very few towns. Deserts and mountains. Rio Grande Mexico

The Mountains and Basins Region

Mountains & Basins Size: smallest Location: far west Texas Climate: dry, hot, desert Landforms: Basins, rivers, Davis Mountains, canyon, plateau, mesa, butte, escarpments *All mountains located west of the Pecos River Products: farming, oil & natural gas, tourism, trade & maquiladoras factories Major Cities: El Paso

El Paso: Population- 609,000

El Paso

Other Geographic Features

Guadalupe Peak- Tallest Mountain in Texas

Kingdom of the Sharks (Sea Level) Guadalupe Peak Caprock Escarpment Balcones Escarpment Mountains and Basins Central Plains Gulf Coastal Plains Kingdom of the Sharks (Sea Level) Great Plains

Label Your Map El Paso

Elevation- How high above sea level is the land? Notice how the elevation of Texas keeps going up as you travel WEST. Why does the elevation of Texas change as you head west? Because the land is higher in the northwest, almost all rivers in Texas run to the southeast and flow into the Gulf of Mexico.

Natural Resources- Rivers Texas rivers are called ‘wrong way’ rivers because they carry water from the west (driest) to the east (wettest) parts of Texas. Most flow into the Gulf of Mexico.

Natural Resources- Aquifers Aquifer – underground water reservoirs or underground lakes 2 major Aquifers: Edwards and Ogallala Edwards Aquifer

The Balcones Escarpment Answer: The Balcones Escarpment. Balcon means balcony in Spanish. The Balcones Escarpment

“Step down! Step down!”

The 4 Regions of Texas Texas has 4 natural regions. A region is an area of land that shares common characteristics like elevation, climate, soil and precipitation. 3 2 1 Balcones Escarpment 4

Natural Resources- Lakes Texas has many man-made lakes and reservoirs. Only 1 natural lake- Caddo Lake. All others are created by damming up rivers. Example ‘Lake Houston’ wasn’t created until 1953 when the city of Houston built a dam to supply the needs of a growing city.

Underground lake

A steep cliff Escarpment

Area of level land, at a low elevation, covered with grass. Plain

Urban Relating to the city

Rural Relating to the country