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Coastal Plains by:Isabela,Charlie,Madison, Skyler,Griffin,Shane
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Texas Coastal Plains History ●The Texas Coast has long been a home to prehistoric people ●The geologically coastline offered a rich array of aquatic resources, leading to growing regional populations The Native peoples of the Texas coast had distinctive cultures, economic patterns and language
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Interesting Facts ●It covers about 1/3 of Texas, it is the region with the largest population in Texas. ●Warm summers and cold winters in the north. ●Rainfall 30 to 55” per year, tornadoes and hurricanes ●Natural resources include fish, pine, shrimp, oil and natural gas ●Agriculture include dairy, cattle, hogs, poultry, grain, cotton, corn, peanuts, citrus fruits.
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Wildlife These are some of the different a Frogs Bison Ocelots Raccoons Armadillos Turtles
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Pictures
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Rivers Red River Sabine River Trinity River Brazos River Colorado River
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Maps of the Region
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Major Cities Austin Dallas Houston San Antonio
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Coastal Plains Climate and Land Characteristics ●Temperatures are mild, with hot summers and cool winters with few hard freezes. ●Precipitation is high, particularly along the coast, and seasonal. ●Have low elevation and low relief and lie along the shore or sea coast while interior plains are surrounded by other land and have different elevations. ●CP are separated from the rest of the interior by nearby landforms, such as mountains. ●Coastal plains can form in two basic ways: o Some start as a flat piece of land located below sea level and o also develop when river currents carry rock, soil and other sedimentary material into the ocean.
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Trivia Questions? About how many floods are there in a year? About 5 to 6 What is the population of people in the coastal plains? 4500000and more. Tell me 1 animal from the Wildlife? snake,alligator,fox,squirrel,muskrat. What are 2 rivers from the coastal plains? red,sabine,trinity,bravos,colorodo. Tell me one thing you learned about our texas region the Coastal plains!!!!!!!!!!! THE END!!!!!!!!!
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