Four Major RegionsFour Major Regionsof of

TexasTexas

CoastalPlainsRegion

North CentralPlains Region

HighPlains Region

Mountains &Basins Region

Gulf Coastal PlainsGulf Coastal Plains LocationLocation

– Borders Mexico in Borders Mexico in the souththe south

– Borders the Red Borders the Red River in the northRiver in the north

– West borders the West borders the Balcones Balcones EscarpmentEscarpment

– Louisiana borders Louisiana borders the east.the east.

Gulf Coastal PlainsGulf Coastal Plains Climate/WeatherClimate/Weather

– Warm in the SouthWarm in the South– Cold in the NorthCold in the North– More rain and More rain and

violent storms than violent storms than any other region – any other region – hurricanes and hurricanes and tornadoes.tornadoes.

– 30-55 inches of 30-55 inches of rainfall a yearrainfall a year

Gulf Coastal PlainsGulf Coastal Plains Plant/Animal LifePlant/Animal Life

– OpossumOpossum– AlligatorAlligator– FishFish– SquirrelsSquirrels– RabbitsRabbits– ShrimpShrimp– CoyoteCoyote– Pine treesPine trees– Tall grassesTall grasses– Palm TreesPalm Trees

Gulf Coastal PlainsGulf Coastal Plains Main AgricultureMain Agriculture

– Timber, dairy, cattle, Timber, dairy, cattle, hogs, poultry, grain hogs, poultry, grain sorghum, cotton, corn, sorghum, cotton, corn, peanuts, roses, fruits, peanuts, roses, fruits, hay, fish, sheep, wheat, hay, fish, sheep, wheat, vegetables, rice, citrus, vegetables, rice, citrus, and shrimpand shrimp

Natural ResourcesNatural Resources– People, lots of rain, People, lots of rain,

rivers, trees and paper rivers, trees and paper mills, chemical plants, mills, chemical plants, ports, and oilports, and oil

Coastal PlainsCoastal Plains Major CitiesMajor Cities

– AustinAustin– BrownsvilleBrownsville– DallasDallas– HoustonHouston– San AntonioSan Antonio– TylerTyler

DallasTyler

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San Antonio

Brownsville

North Central North Central PlainsPlains LocationLocation Climate/WeatherClimate/Weather Main AgricultureMain Agriculture Other ResourcesOther Resources Major CitiesMajor Cities

North Central North Central PlainsPlains

Location/LandformsLocation/Landforms– Center part of the stateCenter part of the state– Hill Country in the Hill Country in the

southern partsouthern part– Bordered by the Cap Bordered by the Cap

Rock Escarpment on the Rock Escarpment on the westwest

– Bordered by the Bordered by the Balcones Escarpment on Balcones Escarpment on the eastthe east

– Rolling hills, caves, Rolling hills, caves, plains and mesas.plains and mesas.

North Central North Central PlainsPlains Climate/WeatherClimate/Weather

– Cold wintersCold winters– Hottest summer Hottest summer

temperatures in temperatures in the statethe state

– 20-30 inches of 20-30 inches of rainfall a yearrainfall a year

– Violent storms Violent storms and tornadoesand tornadoes

North Central North Central PlainsPlains

Main AgricultureMain Agriculture– Cattle, goats, Cattle, goats,

sheep, cotton, sheep, cotton, grain sorghum, grain sorghum, oats, pecans, hay, oats, pecans, hay, peaches, cedar peaches, cedar trees, wheat, corn, trees, wheat, corn, peanutspeanuts

Other ResourcesOther Resources– Fertile soil, beef, Fertile soil, beef,

wool, mohair from wool, mohair from angora goats, oil in angora goats, oil in some areassome areas

North Central PlainsNorth Central Plains

Major CitiesMajor Cities– AbileneAbilene– San AngeloSan Angelo– FredericksburFredericksbur

gg– WacoWaco– Wichita FallsWichita Falls

Wichita FallsWichita Falls

AbilenAbilenee

San AngeloSan Angelo

FredericksbuFredericksburgrg

WacoWaco

High PlainsHigh Plains LocationLocation

– Texas Panhandle to Texas Panhandle to the norththe north

– Cap Rock Cap Rock Escarpment on the Escarpment on the east.east.

– Edwards PlateauEdwards Plateau– HillsHills– PlainsPlains– cliffscliffs

High PlainsHigh Plains Climate/WeatherClimate/Weather

– WindyWindy– DryDry– Very cold in the winterVery cold in the winter– Very hot in the summerVery hot in the summer– Coldest region of TexasColdest region of Texas– 15-20 inches of rainfall 15-20 inches of rainfall

a yeara year– Violent sand, snow, Violent sand, snow,

and rain stormsand rain storms

High PlainsHigh Plains Main AgricultureMain Agriculture

– Wheat, cotton, Wheat, cotton, grain sorghum, grain sorghum, corn, cattle, and corn, cattle, and hayhay

Other ResourcesOther Resources– Fertile soil with Fertile soil with

the help of the help of irrigationirrigation

High PlainsHigh Plains

Major CitiesMajor Cities– AmarilloAmarillo– LubbockLubbock– MidlandMidland– OdessaOdessa

AmarilloAmarillo

LubbockLubbock

MidlandMidland

OdessaOdessa

Mountains Mountains and Basinsand Basins LocationLocation

– Pecos River on the Pecos River on the easteast

– Mexico on the westMexico on the west– MountainsMountains– BasinsBasins– El CapitanEl Capitan– Guadalupe PeakGuadalupe Peak– Chihuahuan DesertChihuahuan Desert

Mountains and Mountains and BasinsBasins

Climate/WeatherClimate/Weather– Driest area of Driest area of

the statethe state– 0-16 inches of 0-16 inches of

rainfall a yearrainfall a year– Warm most of Warm most of

the timethe time– Never stays cold Never stays cold

for longfor long

Mountains and Mountains and BasinsBasins

Main AgricultureMain Agriculture– Cattle, dairy, Cattle, dairy,

hogs, cotton, hogs, cotton, wheat, hay, wheat, hay, alfalfa, goats, alfalfa, goats, sheep, some fruits sheep, some fruits and vegetablesand vegetables

Other ResourcesOther Resources– Beef cattle Beef cattle

ranches, trade ranches, trade with Mexico, Big with Mexico, Big Bend National Bend National ParkPark

Mountains and Mountains and BasinsBasins

Major CitiesMajor Cities– AlpineAlpine– El PasoEl Paso– Fort StocktonFort Stockton El PasoEl Paso

AlpineAlpine

Fort Fort StocktonStockton

Can you name each Can you name each region?region?