The Coastal Plains
The body of water to the east of the Coastal Plains
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
While they play in Arlington, part of a greater metroplex, this major city's name is known as the home of the Cowboys
What is Dallas?
The Great Plains are also known as this
What is the High Plains
What is precipitation or rain?
Located on the banks of the Rio Grande, this is the largest inland port city in Texas and the United States
What is Laredo?
The Gulf Coastal Plains have more streams and these larger geographic features that flow to the coast, like the Trinity
What are rivers?
What is oil?
The northernmost area of the Great Plains is known as this
What is the Texas Panhandle?
In terms of topography, this region has the highest this
What is elevation?
Most major cities are near these natural geological features
What are rivers?
What is a marsh, or marshy?
The grasslands of this region make this area a great place for raising this important livestock
What is/are cattle?
The Great Plains is home to these dramatic natural features that have been cut through the rock surface of the region
What is the Caprock Canyons?
What is the Palo Duro Canyon?
This highest point in Texas is found in the National Park with the same name
What is the Guadalupe Peak?
367 miles of these run parallel to the Texas Gulf coastline
What are barrier islands?
The Big Thicket National Preserve was created to protect gum, hickory, oak, and other trees, as well as natural wildlife found in this subregion of the Gulf Coastal Plains
What is the Piney Woods?
Fort Worth has become an important hub for manufacturing things, such as...
What are airplanes? or
What are helicopters?
What is electronic equipment?
Land in this region is good for both ranching and this other agricultural activity that is vital for the economy, as well as our food supply and growing cash crops like cotton
What is farming?
Originally known as Limpia Mountains, this range of mountains is located in West Texas (not the Guadalupe Mountains)
What are the Davis Mountains?
Dallas, Fort Worth, and other cities have grown to create one of these
What is a metroplex?
This subregion, located in the southernmost part of the Coastal Plains, grows citrus fruits such as oranges, lemons, grapefruit, and tangerines
What is the Rio Grande Valley?
This region is located to the east of the Central Plains
What is the Gulf Coastal Plains Region?
This region is the West of the Great Plains
What are the Mountains and Basins?
Named after the curve in the namesake river, this national park located in West Texas, bordering Mexico has national significance as the largest protected area of Chihuahuan Desert
What is Big Bend National Park?
This is the last major city you will find, at the westmost part of the Mountains and Basins
What is El Paso?