1. 4 Natural Regions of Texas Coastal Plains Great Plains North Central Plains Mountains&Basins

4. Products- Population- Landscape- 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.

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

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

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

8. Fort Worth Abilene Killeen San Angelo Wichita Falls LabelYourMap

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

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

11. The Mountains and Basins Region

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

13. El Paso: Population- 609,000

16. El Paso

17. Guadalupe Peak- Tallest Mountain in Texas

18. Central Plains Gulf Coastal Plains Kingdom of the Sharks

19. Central Plains Gulf Coastal Plains Great Plains

20. Central Plains Gulf Coastal Plains Great Plains Mountains and Basins

21. Great Plains Central Plains Gulf Coastal Plains Kingdom of the Sharks

22. Label Your Map El Paso

23. 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.

24.  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.

25.  Aquifer – underground water reservoirs or underground lakes  2 major Aquifers: Edwards & Ogallala Edwards Aquifer

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

27. “Step down! Step down!”

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

29.  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.

30. Underground lake

31. A steep cliff

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

33.  Relating to the city

34.  Relating to the country