1. Mountains and Basins Region
Big Bend Nat’l Park
Mexico

2. LANDFORMS NATURAL VEGETATION
Mountains, Plateaus and Basins
Part of the Rocky Mountains
3 biggest ranges in TX – Davis Mts., Chisos Mts., Guadalupe Mts.
Permian Basin
NATURAL VEGETATION
Desert plants (cactus, yucca, creosote, small shrubs)
Pine Forests in the mountains
Driest part of state
8” rain/yr (20 in mountains)
Hot days, cool nights

3. NATURAL RESORCES Wind X
Pecos River
Oil and Natural Gas (mostly in the Permian Basin) X
Rio Grande
Not a lot of water!!!! This is a desert!!
Minerals – (limestone, copper, salt, sulfur, talc, shale, clay)
Coastal Plains had 12 major rivers… M&B only has TWO…

4. X ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES Irrigated Farming Wind Energy
Cantaloupes (Pecos River), Cotton and Pecans X
Trade with NM, AZ, CA and Mexico (Rest of TX is farther away)
Maquiladoras
Oil & Natural Gas
Permian Basin

5. Tourism ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES Cont… CITIES (and Towns) Pecos Ft. Davis
Camping
Tourism
Hiking
CITIES
(and Towns)
Big Bend National Park
Pecos
Ft. Davis
Alpine
El Paso
Marfa
Davis Observatory (Davis Mountains)

6. Santa Elena Canyon in Big Bend National Park
Mexico
United States
Rio Grande