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READY: QUICK WRITE. COMPLETE SENTENCES Have you ever been to the Texas Coast? If you have been to any part of the Texas Coastal region such as Galveston, Corpus Christi, Padre Island, the Piney Woods, or Beaumont, what did it look like? How did the climate feel? If you have never been to those places, how would you expect the Coastal Region of Texas to look like and feel like? Write in complete sentences!! I have (have not) traveled to………………

BEAUTIFUL COASTAL PLAINS Galveston, TexasPiney Woods, East Texas

CLIMATE/WEATHER  warm in the south  cold in the north  most rainfall of any region AGRICULTURE/RESOURCES  lumber  cattle  water/rivers  fishing  shipping  tourism  oil/natural gas  fertile soil  iron & coal  people  cotton LOCATIONS/LANDFORMS  Borders Mexico, the Red River, the Balcones Escarpment and Louisiana  Piney Woods  Plains  Barrier Islands MAJOR CITIES  Austin  Galveston  Houston  Padre Island  San Antonio  Dallas  Victoria  Tyler  Texarkana  Corpus Christi  Brownsville SET: Please write these notes on page 14.

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