Transcript Great Plains

The Four Regions of Texas
Great
Plains
Mountains
and Basins
North
Central
Plains
Coastal
Plains
The Great Plains
The Great Plains Region is broken into
two VERY different types of geography:
The Edwards Plateau and
The High Plains
High Plains
Edwards Plateau
Landforms
Plains High Plains and Llano Estacado
(Staked Plains)
Canyons in the North
(Palo Duro Canyon)
Caprock Escarpment
The Great
Plains are at a
higher
elevation than
the NCP
Hills
Balcones
Escarpment
Edwards Plateau
and Llano Basin
High Plains
Natural Vegetation
Edwards
Plateau
Grasslands
Very Few Trees
Savanna
(grasses, small trees
and shrubs)
High Plains
Natural Resources
Edwards
Plateau
Savanna
Oil
Grasses, Cedar
Trees and Live
Oak Trees
Natural Gas
In the Permian Basin part of the High Plains
Animals: Quail,
Deer and Wild
Turkeys
Aquifers
Ogallala
Edwards
High Plains
Economic Activities
Ranching - Cattle
Farming – Wheat and Cotton
Edwards
Plateau
Ranching – Sheep and Goats
Hunting
Tourism
High Plains
Cities of the
Great Plains
Edwards Plateau
Amarillo
Lubbock
Midland
Odessa
Austin
Fredericksburg
Kerrville