1. The Four Major Regions of Texas

2. Coastal Plains/Gulf Plains Region

3. Geographic Subdivisions Piney Woods-pine forests, rainiest part of Texas, growing season is 230-265 days Post Oak Belt-drier climate than the Piney Woods, growing season is 230-280 days Blackland Prairie-soil is not good for growing most trees, so vegetation is largely tall prairie grasses with a few hardwood trees Gulf Coast Plain-very humid, growing season is long- 240-309 days near Corpus Christi South Texas Plain-southernmost part of Texas, climate is warm year round, longest growing season, from 265- 341 days

5. Location Covers 1/3 of the land of Texas-about 2/3 of all Texans live in the Coastal Plains Northeast border is the Sabine River Southeast border is the Gulf of Mexico West border is the Balcones Escarpment http://www.beg.utexas.edu/UTopia/contentpg_images/central/central_7708.jpg

6. Geographic Features Flat and low Wooded land and coastal sands Big Thicket National Preserve - forest in SE Texas Rivers - Brazos, Colorado, Trinity Good soils along rivers

7. Climate Hot and damp, humid Tornadoes, hurricanes 30-55 inches of rain per year

8. Natural Resources Plants - pine trees, hardwood trees (elm, oak, cottonwood, pecan) Various Animals Minerals Bodies of water

9. Economic Resources Farming Fishing Ranching Tree farms - lumber businesses Oil and gas (Spindletop 1901) http://sln.fi.edu/fellows/fellow2/jan99/spindletop.html http://sln.fi.edu/fellows/fellow2/jan99/spindletop.html Factories Ports

10. Oil Refineries

11. Major Cities Austin Houston Dallas (on the border of Central Plains) San Antonio Texarkana Corpus Christi Brownsville

12. Writing Prompt About two-thirds of all Texans live in the Coastal Plains region. What is it about the Coastal Plains that would attract so many people to it?