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Texas Geography So how big is Texas • Second largest state • New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Maine • Can all fit inside Texas combined • El Paso is closer to the Pacific Ocean than it is to Houston Four Regions of Texas • Great Plains • Panhandle and central • Central Plains • North central • Coastal Plains • Eastern to Southern • Mountains and Basins • Extreme western Viewing Texas • Southern Texas is plains • Gentle rolling hills • Padre Island; barrier island for the state • Central Texas is the “Hill Country” • Balcones Escarpment-long cliff • Northwest Texas is the “High Plains” • Caprock Escarpment • West Texas is a mountain range • Guadalupe peak Southern Texas Plains Galveston Texas Texas Hill Country • Splendora Texas Northwest Texas “High Plains” • Amarillo Texas West Texas Mountain Range • Guadalupe Peak Texas Water Resources • Gulf of Mexico • Nurseries for fish, shrimp, oysters, crabs, birds Texas Water Resources • Rio Grande River • Forms most of Texas southern boundary • 2,000 miles long Texas Water Resources • All 200 lakes in Texas are dammed rivers • Only Caddo Lake began as a natural lake • Most lakes are built for flood control and water conservation • Some used for irrigation, manufacturing, and cities Texas Water Resources • Edwards Aquifer • Located in the hill country • Fills up with rain and turns into springs • Most of central Texas’ water supply • Ogallala Aquifer (oh-gah-LAH-lah) • Located in the panhandle • Irrigates more than 5 million acres Different Types of Vegetation • Texas has 3 types of vegetation regions • forests, savannas, and grasslands • Allows for different types of farming • Cotton, watermelons, spinach, wheat, rice, corn, soybeans, and peanuts • Land not used for farming is used for ranching • We lead the nation in cattle, sheep, and goats ranching Energy Production • Main minerals • Petroleum, gas, coal, sand, and gravel • Also a big producer of: • Limestone, granite, salt, and coal Climate • The middle latitudes are a meeting place for cool air moving from the north and moist warm air from the Gulf of Mexico • Makes Texas weather unpredictable • Mild winters, with an occasional norther • A norther is a sudden blast of Canadian air • Thunderstorms, lightening, hail • Also allows for hurricanes to hit occasionally • Mountain ranges allow for snowfall
