25 questionsYou will need to know

- Texas Rivers ( no word bank for everyone!!!)

- Physical geography vocabulary (Geography geoterms/ Types of Maps/borders)

- U.S. and Mexican States surrounding Texas++ Advanced classes (5th/6th will have no word

banks)

++ Pre-AP classes (will have a word bank for the vocabulary and states section)

You will have a quiz on Thursday so study

++ Have your Geography Geoterms we worked on yesterday out and your green Texas Regions

map

Absolute LocationThe exact location of a place (the address, or longitude/latitude).Ex. Murchison MS is at 3700 North Hills Dr. Austin, TX 78731

Relative LocationThe location of a place in relation to other places (where it is relative to other things).Ex. Murchison MS is down the street from HEB and across from Starbucks

The Escarpments help make up the NATURAL BORDERS for the Four Regions of Texas

Four Regions of Texas

BALCONES ESCARPMENT

CAPROCK ESCARPMENT

Escarpment a long steep slope, esp. at the edge of a plateau or separating areas of land at different heights

Coastal Plains

Edwards Plateau

High Plains

Permian Basin

Major Texas Landforms

BALCONES ESCARPMENT

TX Landforms

South

CAPROCK ESCARPMENT

TX Landforms

Great Plains Region

Central Plains(Central Lowland) Region

Mountains & Basins Region

Coastal Plains Region

•Gulf Coastal Plain•Central Plains (Central Lowland)

•Great Plains•Mountains and Basins

Coastal Plains Region

Location of Coastal RegionCovers 1/3 of the land of Texas Northeast border is the Sabine River Southeast border is the Gulf of Mexico West border is the Balcones Escarpment

Coastal Cities……Austin (on the border)Houston Dallas (on the border) Waco (on the border)Texarkana Corpus Christi Brownsville

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

Way of life….The gulf coast is a major center of economic

activity. The marshlands provide breeding grounds for ocean life, which make the fish and shrimp businesses very important.

The port of Houston is one of the 10 busiest ports in the world.

Economy: OIL AND GAS

Along the coastal region you will find many oil rigs that are on-shore and off-shore….

The ocean gives easy access to ship the oil and gas to where it needs to go..

PLANTSThe land along the Gulf Coast is very near

sea level. It is hard for water to drain off the land, since there is nowhere lower for the water to go. Much of the coast of Texas is made up of marshes----wetlands where a variety of tall grasses grow.

Coastal Animals….Many kinds of animals live in the coastal

region… To name a few…Hundreds of birds-Bald eagle, Quail, Hawk, Owl,

etcWhite tail deerFoxesSkunksRiver ottersBobcatsAlligators in the marshes!!! Some weigh up to

500 lbs!!!

AMAZING ANIMALS OF THE COASTAL PLAINS

And the road runner….

The real road runner…..

Can you name other coastal animals……

North Central Plains

NORTHCENTRALPLAINS

Location of North Central PlainsThe North Central Plains is bordered in the

north by the Red River. In the west, it includes a small piece of the Panhandle.

It is border on the east by the Caprock Escarpment in the panhandle and by the Balcones Fault to the southeast.

Picture of Edwards Plateau

Central Plains Cities…..

Fort WorthAbileneWichita FallsSan Angelo

Central Plains Climate

CENTRAL PLAINSECONOMY

•RANCHING•COTTON AND WHEAT FARMING•NATURAL GAS FROM THE BARNETT SHALE

Central Plain - PlantsBlue bonnetsIndian PaintbrushOak TreesMesquite Trees

Indian Blanket

Blue Sage

OakTree

North Central Plain - AnimalsBobcatTurkeysWhite-tailed deerScreech OwlMexican Freetail BatCliff Swallow

GREATPLAINS

THE GREAT PLAINS

Location of Great PlainsCaprock Escarpment separates Great Plains from North

Central Plains in the east. In the north the border is the state of Oklahoma and in the

west the border is the state of New Mexico.The Southern border of the Great Plains is the Edwards

Plateau In the North lie the High Plains which rises in elevation as you

move west.

Edwards Plateau which is hilly and is a part of the Texas Hill Country.

Great Plains CitiesAmarilloLubbockAbileneMidlandOdessa

Great Plains ClimateDry air

Tornadoes Little rain 20-30 inches of rain per year

Great Plains EconomyFarming - fruits, vegetables, watermelons,

oats Ranching - cattle, angora goats (mohair) Cedar trees - fenceposts Oil and gas

Great Plains PlantsPrickly pearYuccaIndian PaintbrushCactus

Animalsof the Great Plains

PronghornPrairie DogSnakesHorny Toad

Mountains and Basins

Location of theMountains andBasinsFar west Texas East border near

Pecos River South border is the

Rio Grande North border is New

Mexico

Cities of theMountainsand Basins

El Paso PecosPresidio

Climate of theMountains and BasinsDriest part of state 8 inches of rain per year, 20 in

mountains Hot days, cool nights

Mountains and BasinsEconomyRanching - cattle, sheep, goat Farming - cotton, fruits, vegetables,

cantaloupes (irrigation in El Paso and Pecos River Valley)

Oil and gas - part of Permian Basin

Plants of theMountainsand Basins

IT IS FLAT!!!!!

Some sagebrush

Animals of the Mountainsand Basins

                

                                      

                   

                                   

              

                                        

Rattlesnakes

Armadillos

Texas Regions Stations Activity• You will now complete a stations activity to determine

which stations are associated with which Texas regions. You may circle more than one answer, but you should be able to explain them.

• Make sure to use complete sentences and explain your answer.

Station 1: Bluebonnet

Which region? (Circle one) Coastal Plains Central PlainsGreat Plains Basin and Mountains

Explain: Bluebonnets are native to the Central Plains.

Stations Expectations• No more than one or two to a station• Work with your group to answer the questions• Do not move on to the next station until you hear the timer• Rotate even if you are not finished when you hear the timer;

there may be time at the end to complete missing stations• If you get done early; wait until you here the time to rotate

with the next station.• Don’t forget- write in complete sentences!!

Have fun and be productive

West East

Middle Latitudes: this means we have a warm, mild climate

Gulf of Mexico

Barrier

Islands

Flat land and Rolling hills

Coastal PlainsForests

(in East TX)

Oil & Natural Gas

Balcones

Escarpm

ent

Edwards Plateau

Savannas – shrubs (smaller trees) and grasses

High Plains

Grasslands

Caprock

Escarpm

ent

Basins

Mo

un

tains

Oil & Natural Gas

Edwards Aquifer

Ogallala Aquifer

(Hill Country)

(Panhandle)

Desert Plants

Grass - (in the Gulf Coast Plains)

In Texas, as you travel from east to west, the LAND gets HIGHER and the CLIMATE gets DRIER!!