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Texas Geography

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4509901624 Regions of TexasCoastal Plains North Central Plains Great Plains Mountains and Basins
450990163Subregions of the Coastal Plains RegionPiney Woods Post Oak Belt Blackland Prairie Gulf Coastal Plain South Texas Plain
450990164Subregions of North Central Plains RegionRolling Plains Cross Timbers Grand Prairie
450990165Subregions of Great Plains RegionHigh Plains Edwards Plateau Llano Basin
450990166Cities in Coastal PlainsDallas Houston Austin San Antonio Corpus Christi Waco Galveston
450990167Cities in North Central PlainsWichita Falls Ft. Worth Abilene San Angelo Arlington
450990168Cities in Great PlainsAmarillo Lubbock Midland Odessa
450990169City in Mountains and BasinsEl Paso
450990170Plainsarea of flat or gently rolling land
450990171Physical Geographythings that relate to the land
450990172Human Geographythings that relate to humans
450990173Subregionsmaller part of a geographic region
450990174Escarpmentcliff or abrupt break in the land
450990175Growing Seaonnumbe of days crops can grow in an area
450990176Steppevast, treeless plain
450990177Aquiferunderground water
450990178Censuscounting the population every 10 years
450990179Trendgeneral movement toward change over time
450990180Absolute Locationexact position of something on earth
450990181Relative Locationposition of a place described in comparison (or relationship to) another place
450990182Physical Environmentexternal surroundings and conditions in which something exists
450990183Landforma feature of the Earth's surface such as a hill, vally, river, etc
450990184Regiongeographical area characterized by similar features
450990185Reservoirartifical lake where water is collected
450990186Climateexpected weather
450990187Precipitationmoisture that falls from the sky (rain, sleet, hail, etc)
450990188Physical Mapmap that shows landforms, elevations, cities, rivers, etc
450990189Political Mapmap that shows borders between states, counties, countries
450990190Physical-Political Mapmap that shows both physical features and boundaries
450990191Balcones Escarpmentgoes from Dallas to Del Rio; some parts in Coastal Plalins; some parts in North Central Plains
450990192Caprock Escarpmentin Panhandle; close to Lubbock
450990193What region/subregion did pink granite used to build Texas capitol building come from?Great Plains Region: Llano Basin subregion
450990194What region/subregion has limestone in the rock?Great Plains region: Edwards Plateau subregion
450990195Guadalupe Peakhighest peak in Texas; in Mountains and Basins region
450990196What region has most of largest cities in Texas?Coastal Plains
4509901973 Border Rivers and what border they form with TexasRed River: border between Texas and Oklahoma Sabine River: border between Texas and Louisiana Rio Grande River: border between Texas and Mexico
450990198Caddo Lakeonly natural lake in Texas; in Coastal Plains Region and Piney Woods subregion
450990199Edwards Aquifersource of underground water for Texas Hill Country
450990200Canadian RiverRiver in Panhandle of Texas
450990201Pecos Riverriver in Mountains and Basins region of Texas; far West Texas

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