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Texas State Park Examples http://tpwd.texas.gov/kids/about_texas/regions/ West Texas has wide-open spaces with rugged plateaus and desert mountains. The plateaus have short grasses and brush. The desert area is part of the great Chihuahuan Desert of Mexico. The only mountains in Texas are found here. Franklin Mountains State Park http://tpwd.texas.gov/state -parks/franklin-mountains MOUNTAINS CLIFFS VALLEYS The Franklins are the largest sustained mountain range in Texas, with the summit of North Franklin Peak rising to an elevation of 7,192 feet, approximately 3,000 feet above the city below. Monahans Sandhills State Park http://tpwd.texas.gov/stateparks/monahans-sandhills DUNES (video) Seminole Canyon State Park & Historic Site http://tpwd.texas.gov/stat e-parks/seminole-canyon CANYON CAVE MESA Big Bend Ranch State Park http://tpwd.texas.gov/stat e-parks/big-bend-ranch MESA RIVER VALLEY DOME * WATERFALLS The Gulf Coast stretches along the Gulf of Mexico for hundreds of miles. Near the gulf waters you can see marshes, barrier islands, estuaries (where salty sea water and fresh river water meet), and bays. Galveston Island State Park http://tpwd.texas.gov/stateparks/galveston-island BARRIER ISLAND COASTAL MARSH BAY TIDAL INLET TIDAL DELTA DUNES Goose Island State Park http://tpwd.texas.gov/state -parks/goose-island ISLAND COASTAL MARSH BEACH Mustang Island State Park http://tpwd.texas.gov/stateparks/mustang-island BARRIER ISLAND BEACH COASTAL MARSH DUNES* Port Isabel Lighthouse State Historic Site http://tpwd.texas.gov/state -parks/port-isabellighthouse BARRIER ISLAND BEACH DELTA* The Texas Hill Country is located in Central Texas. It sits on the Edwards Plateau. A plateau is high, flat land. Over many millions of years, this plateau has been eroded into a hill-covered terrain. There are many springs and some steep canyons in this area. Pedernales Falls State Park http://tpwd.texas.gov/state -parks/pedernales-falls PLATEAU VALLEYS FALLS Enchanted Rock State Natural Area http://tpwd.texas.gov/stateparks/enchanted-rock DOME Government Canyon State Park http://tpwd.texas.gov/state -parks/government-canyon CANYON PLATEAU AQUIFER Devil's Sinkhole State Natural Area http://tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/devilssinkhole CAVERN SINKHOLE http://tpwd.texas.gov/publications/pwd pubs/media/pwd_br_p4501_0141b.pdf Colorado Bend State Park http://tpwd.texas.gov/sta te-parks/colorado-bend RIVER CANYON FALLS CAVERNS* video The Panhandle goes from gently rolling hills to rough and dissected with canyons. The land is mostly treeless and is on a high, flat plateau. The western and eastern parts of the Panhandle region are strikingly divided by deep canyons carved by rivers and their tributaries that wind their way through this area. Caprock Canyons State Park http://tpwd.texas.gov/stateparks/caprock-canyons VALLEY RIVER PLATEAU Copper Breaks State Park http://tpwd.texas.gov/stateparks/copper-breaks VALLEY RIVER PLATEAU MESA San Angelo State Park http://tpwd.texas.gov/state -parks/san-angelo VALLEY MESA The terrain is rolling with lower, wetter bottomlands. Swamps are common; the land is mostly low-lying wetlands. Caddo Lake State Park http://tpwd.texas.gov/stateparks/caddo-lake BAYOU LAKE WETLAND The landscape is gently rolling and hilly to nearly level. Dinosaur Valley State Park http://tpwd.texas.gov/stateparks/dinosaur-valley VALLEY RIVER VALLEY TERRACE* http://tpwd.texas.gov/stateparks/bentsen-rio-grandevalley RIVER OXBOW LAKE [email protected]
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