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