Transcript Regions of Texas - Northwest ISD Moodle

Regions of Texas
Subregions
• Coastal Plains: Piney Woods, Post Oak Belt,
Blackland Prairie, Gulf Coastal Plain, South
Texas Plain
• North Central Plains: Grand Prairie, Cross
Timbers, Rolling Plains
• Great Plains: Llano Basin, Edwards Plateau,
High Plains
• Mountains and Basin
Coastal Plains
• This includes 1/3 of Texas and 2 out of three
Texans live in this region. This region also
receives the most precipitation (Piney woods –
45-60 inches annually)
• Physical features: Piney woods, Oak, Hickory,
Prairie grasslands, coastal areas.
• Cities: Dallas, Austin, Houston, San Antonio
• Economy: Timber, Oil, Natural Gas, Farming
(citrus in South Texas), cotton, produce, ranching,
insurance, electronics, etc.
North Central Plains
• This region is West of Dallas to the Caprock
Escarpment and south to the Balcones
Escarpment.
• Physical features: Rolling plains, steppes, small
oaks, hickory, pecans, elms, mesquites, brush,
scattered grasses
• Cities: Fort Worth, Wichita Falls, Abilene
• Economy: Ranching, Oil, Natural Gas, Cotton,
Peanuts, Dairy Farming, Wheat
Great Plains
• This region extends from the Balcones
Escarpment to the Panhandle. It consists of the
Llano Basin, Edwards Plateau, and the High Plains
(flattest places on earth).
• Physical features: Plateaus, steppes, granite,
limestone, mesquite, live oaks, post oaks, pecans,
short grasses, Edwards Aquifer
• Cities: Midland/Odessa, Lubbock, Amarillo
• Economy: Farming, ranching, oil, natural gas,
corn, cotton, peanuts.
Mountains and Basin
• This region is west of the Great Plains to El Paso.
It contains the highest point at Guadalupe Peak
(8,751 feet).
• Physical features: Mountains, basins, valleys,
deserts, oaks, pinons, ponderosa pines, cactus,
shrubs, short grasses
• Cities: El Paso, Fort Davis
• Economy: Ranching, farming
• Attractions: Big Bend National Park, Fort Davis,
McDonald Observatory, Guadalupe Mountains