1. TEXAS GEOGRAPHY REVIEW!
Texas is a big place so this is a big review! Can you handle it?

2. What is geography?
The study of the earth

3. 4 Natural Regions of Texas
North Central Plains
Great Plains
Coastal Plains
Mountains
&
Basins

4. Texas is the 2nd largest state!
What’s the 1st largest state?

5. What is the most important mineral resource in Texas?
Oil

6. Coastal Plains

7. The Coastal Plains

8. Oklahoma 48 Red River Products-
Population-
Landscape-
Lumber, cotton, rice, fishing, oil, citrus fruits,
cattle ranching.
Big population. The
largest cities are here:
Dallas, Austin, Houston,
San Antonio
Mostly flat. Becomes more hilly as you move west. Lots of rivers and lakes. 48
Oklahoma
ARKANSAS
Red River
Dallas
Houston
San Antonio
Gulf of Mexico
Mexico

9. Coastal Plains Size: Largest region
Location: next to Gulf of Mexico; Southeast Texas
Climate: mild climate; Humid along the coast.
Landforms: plains rolling hills & rivers, Edwards Aquifer
Products: lumber, farming, trade, tourism, ranching, oil & petrochemical industries
Major Cities: (2/3) of the Texas population lives here. Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Austin, Corpus Christi, Laredo, Brownsville
Coastal Plains

10. Houston: Population- 2.1 Million
Laredo: Population- 225,000
San Antonio: Population- 1.3 Million

11. Dallas: Population- 1.2 Million
Austin: Population- 736,000
Corpus Christi: Population- 286,000
Brownsville: Population- 173,000

12. Label Your Map Dallas Austin Houston San Antonio Corpus Christi Laredo
Brownsville

13. High Plains
Great Plains
Caprock Escarpment R A N C H I G

14. 20 New Mexico Lubbock Products- Cattle and sheep ranching,
Population-
Landscape- 20
Cattle and sheep ranching,
oil, farming (wheat and
cotton).
Low. The towns are spread farther apart.
Mostly flat. Some hills, plateaus and canyons. Palo Duro Canyon

15. Midland: Population- 102,000 Lubbock: Population- 218,000
Amarillo: Population- 190,000
Lubbock: Population- 218,000

16. Great Plains Size: 2nd largest Location: northwest Texas
Climate: dry, not a lot of rainfall; cooler summers; winters-cold
Landforms: plains, hills, rivers, Ogallala Aquifer, Balcones and Caprock escarpments and Edwards Plateau
Products: oil & gas industries, farming and ranching
Major Cities: Lubbock, Amarillo, Midland

17. Label Your Map
Amarillo
Lubbock
Midland

18. North Central Plains

19. North Central Plains

20. 35 Red River Products- Cattle and sheep ranching,
Caprock escarpment
Red River
Products-
Population-
Landscape- 35
Cattle and sheep ranching,
oil, farming (wheat and cotton).
Medium. Less than the
GCP. Largest city is Fort Worth.
Mostly flat. Some hills.

21. Central Plains Size: 3rd largest Location: North central Texas
Climate: Cold in winter; hot in summer. Less rainfall than Coastal Plains.
Landforms: plains, rivers
Products: ranching and agribusiness
Major Cities: Fort Worth, Abilene, Killeen, Wichita Falls, San Angelo
Central Plains

22. Fort Worth: Population- 534,000
Abilene: Population- 116,000
San Angelo: Population- 89,000

23. Wichita Falls: Population- 104,000
Killeen: Population- 112,000

24. Label
Your
Map
Wichita Falls
Fort Worth
Abilene
Killeen
San Angelo

25. Guadalupe Peak 8,749 ft. – Tallest mountain in Texas
Mountains
&
Basins
Guadalupe Peak 8,749 ft. – Tallest mountain in Texas

26. Products-
Population-
Landscape-
Some cattle ranching. A little farming along the Rio Grande. Oil.
El Paso 8
Very low. Very few towns.
Deserts and mountains.
Rio Grande
Mexico

27. The Mountains and Basins Region

28. Mountains & Basins Size: smallest Location: far west Texas
Climate: dry, hot, desert
Landforms: Basins, rivers, Davis Mountains, canyon, plateau, mesa, butte, escarpments
*All mountains located west of the Pecos River
Products: farming, oil & natural gas, tourism, trade & maquiladoras factories
Major Cities: El Paso

29. El Paso: Population- 609,000

30. El Paso

32. Other Geographic Features

33. Guadalupe Peak- Tallest Mountain in Texas

34. Kingdom of the Sharks (Sea Level)
Guadalupe Peak
Caprock
Escarpment
Balcones
Escarpment
Mountains and Basins
Central
Plains
Gulf Coastal Plains
Kingdom of the Sharks (Sea Level)
Great Plains

35. Label Your Map
El Paso

36. Elevation- How high above sea level is the land?
Notice how the elevation of Texas keeps going up as you travel WEST. Why does the elevation of Texas change as you head west?
Because the land is higher in the northwest, almost all rivers in Texas run to the southeast and flow into the Gulf of Mexico.

37. Natural Resources- Rivers
Texas rivers are called ‘wrong way’ rivers because they carry water from the west (driest) to the east (wettest) parts of Texas.
Most flow into the Gulf of Mexico.

38. Natural Resources- Aquifers
Aquifer – underground water reservoirs or underground lakes
2 major Aquifers: Edwards and Ogallala
Edwards Aquifer

39. The Balcones Escarpment
Answer: The Balcones Escarpment. Balcon means balcony in Spanish.
The Balcones Escarpment

40. “Step down! Step down!”

41. The 4 Regions of Texas
Texas has 4 natural regions. A region is an area of land that shares common characteristics like elevation, climate, soil and precipitation. 3 2 1
Balcones Escarpment 4

42. Natural Resources- Lakes
Texas has many man-made lakes and reservoirs.
Only 1 natural lake- Caddo Lake. All others are created by damming up rivers.
Example ‘Lake Houston’ wasn’t created until 1953 when the city of Houston built a dam to supply the needs of a growing city.

43. Underground lake

44. A steep cliff
Escarpment

45. Area of level land, at a low elevation, covered with grass.
Plain

46. Urban
Relating to the city

47. Rural
Relating to the country