Geography of Texas Flashcards
What is the physical range that is near the gulf coast?
Gulf Coastal Plain
What is the physical range that is at the pan-handle
Mountain and Basins
What is the physical range that makes a leftward right angle?
Great Plains
What is the physical range that is right below Oklahoma?
North Central Plains
Describe the characteristics of Mountains and Basins
- mostly dry and hot
- mostly mountains and basins
What is the biggest landmark of Mountains and basins
El Paso
Describe the characteristics of Great Plains
- plains
- has the panhandle
- higher elevation
- some farming
What is the biggest landmark of Great Plains?
- hill county
- palo duro canyon
Describe the characteristics of North Central Plains?
- plains w/ lower elevation
- warmer and wetter
- lot of farming
What is the biggest city of north central plains
fort worth
what does fort worth have a lot of?
oil
Describe the characteristics of Coastal plains
- largest geographic region in Texas
- low plains
- hot and humid
- lot of water
- good farming
- large population
- lot of forests
What cities are in Coastal Plains
- Houston
- dallas
- austin
- san antonio
which of the following is a Hurricane Disaster Plain
1. mountain and basin
2. great plains
3. north central plains
4. coastal plains
4
How is coastal plains rich?
ocean trade and oil resource
What are all the major citys
- Houston
- San Antonio
- Dallas
- Austin
- Fort worth
- El Paso
Natural/Histonic Landmark:
- Big bend
- Guadalupe mountains
- San antonio mission
- palo alto
Major waterways
- gulf of mexico
- rio grande
- red river
- colorodo river
- recos river
- brazos river
- sabine river
Local points
- the alamo
- space center=>houston
- san jacinto battlefield
- the big thicket
Define Weather
a specific event happens over for hours,days,or weeks
Define Climate
average weather over 30 years
Define Humidity
amount of water vapor in air
What is the characteristics of Hot-Humid
high temp and lots of rain w/ wetter air most of the year
What is the characteristics of Hot-Dry
higher temp. & low rain w/ less water in the air most of the year
What is the characteristics of Mixed-Dry
Temp. flactuate w/ little rain & not much water in the air
What is the characteristics of Mixed-Humid
Temp. fluctuate w/ moderate rain & wetness in the air
What is the 1st area explored by spanish in Texas
Texas Coast
(‘’’’’’’’’’’’’’‘)destroyed he Cabeza de Vaca expedition
hurricane
Cabeza de Vaca expedition lead to what expedition
Coronado expedition
What was Coronado expedition was looking for what?
The was a old Folk tale told by the native the live there called “The legend of Cibola(Gold)”,and the coronado expedition beacause of his eager for the 3 G’s (mostly gold)
Texas has been under the control of…
- spain
- france(for not so long and did not take importance in conquering Texas)
- spain
- mexico
- Texas(The battle of the Alamo)
- The USA
- The CSA(civil war)
- USA
A Border Skirmish(a minor battle) to decide if the Rio grande is the
proper border of texas
(“”””’’’) discovery would benifit the Tx economy
oil
