Transcript Texas Regions Powerpoint - Murchison Middle School

You will have a quiz on
Thursday so study
 25 questions
 You will need to know
- Texas Rivers ( no word bank for everyone!!!)
- Physical geography vocabulary
(Geography geoterms/ Types of Maps/borders)
- U.S. and Mexican States surrounding Texas
++ Advanced classes (5th/6th will have no word banks)
++ Pre-AP classes (will have a word bank for the
vocabulary and states section)
++ Have your Geography Geoterms we worked on
yesterday out and your green Texas Regions map
Absolute
Location
The exact location of a place (the
address, or longitude/latitude).
Ex. Murchison MS is at 3700 North Hills
Dr. Austin, TX 78731
Relative Location
The location of a place in relation to
other places (where it is relative to
other things).
Ex. Murchison MS is down the street
from HEB and across from Starbucks
Four Regions of Texas
The Escarpments help make
up the NATURAL
BORDERS for the Four
Regions of Texas
Major Texas Landforms
Escarpment
a long steep
slope, esp. at
the edge of a
plateau or
separating
areas of land
at different
heights
High
Plains
CAPROCK
ESCARPMENT
Permian
Basin
Edwards
Plateau
Coastal Plains
BALCONES
ESCARPMENT
BALCONES
ESCARPMENT
TX Landforms
South
CAPROCK
ESCARPMENT
TX Landforms
Central Plains
(Central Lowland)
Region
Mountains & Basins
Region
Great Plains Region
Coastal Plains
Region
•Gulf Coastal Plain
•Central Plains (Central Lowland)
•Great Plains
•Mountains and Basins
Coastal Plains Region
Location of Coastal Region
 Covers 1/3 of the land of Texas
 Northeast border is the Sabine River
 Southeast border is the Gulf of Mexico
 West border is the Balcones Escarpment
Coastal Cities……
 Austin (on the border)
 Houston
 Dallas (on the border)
 Waco (on the border)
 Texarkana
 Corpus Christi
 Brownsville
Coastal Climate…….
 Hot and damp, humid
 Tornadoes, hurricanes
 30-55 inches of rain per year
Way of life….
 The gulf coast is a major center of economic activity.
The marshlands provide breeding grounds for ocean
life, which make the fish and shrimp businesses very
important.
 The port of Houston is one of the 10 busiest ports in
the world.
Economy: OIL AND GAS
 Along the coastal region you will find many oil rigs
that are on-shore and off-shore….
 The ocean gives easy access to ship the oil and gas to
where it needs to go..
PLANTS
 The land along the Gulf Coast is very near sea level. It
is hard for water to drain off the land, since there is
nowhere lower for the water to go. Much of the coast
of Texas is made up of marshes----wetlands where a
variety of tall grasses grow.
Coastal Animals….
 Many kinds of animals live in the coastal region… To
name a few…
 Hundreds of birds-Bald eagle, Quail, Hawk, Owl, etc
 White tail deer
 Foxes
 Skunks
 River otters
 Bobcats
 Alligators in the marshes!!! Some weigh up to 500 lbs!!!
AMAZING ANIMALS OF THE
COASTAL PLAINS
And the road runner….
The real road
runner…..
Can you
name other
coastal
animals…
…
North Central Plains
NORTH
CENTRAL
PLAINS
Location of North Central Plains
 The North Central Plains is bordered in the north by
the Red River. In the west, it includes a small piece of
the Panhandle.
 It is border on the east by the Caprock Escarpment in
the panhandle and by the Balcones Fault to the
southeast.
Picture of Edwards Plateau
Central Plains
Cities…..
 Fort Worth
 Abilene
 Wichita Falls
 San Angelo
Central Plains Climate
 Central Texas is shaped by its many rivers and hills.
The climate is subtropical- similar to the coastal plains
 In a single year the region can receive up to 48 inches
of rain, and flooding is common near rivers and in low
lying areas.
•
CENTRAL PLAINS
ECONOMY
•RANCHING
•COTTON AND WHEAT FARMING
•NATURAL GAS FROM THE BARNETT
SHALE
Central Plain - Plants
 Blue bonnets
 Indian Paintbrush
 Oak Trees
 Mesquite Trees
Indian Blanket
OakTree
Blue Sage
North Central Plain - Animals
 Bobcat
 Turkeys
 White-tailed deer
 Screech Owl
 Mexican Freetail Bat
 Cliff Swallow
THE
GREAT PLAINS
GREAT
PLAINS
Location of Great Plains
 Caprock Escarpment separates Great Plains from North Central Plains
in the east.
 In the north the border is the state of Oklahoma and in the west the
border is the state of New Mexico.
 The Southern border of the Great Plains is the Edwards Plateau
 In the North lie the High Plains which rises in elevation as you move west.
 Edwards Plateau which is hilly and is a part of the Texas Hill Country.
Great Plains Cities
 Amarillo
 Lubbock
 Abilene
 Midland
 Odessa
Great Plains Climate
 Dry air
 Tornadoes
 Little rain 20-30 inches of rain per year
Great Plains
Economy
 Farming - fruits, vegetables, watermelons,
oats
 Ranching - cattle, angora goats (mohair)
 Cedar trees - fenceposts
 Oil and gas
Great Plains Plants
 Prickly pear
 Yucca
 Indian Paintbrush
 Cactus
Animals
of the
Great Plains
 Pronghorn
 Prairie Dog
 Snakes
 Horny Toad
Mountains and Basins
Location of the
Mountains and
Basins
 Far west Texas
 East border near
Pecos River
 South border is the
Rio Grande
 North border is New
Mexico
Cities of the
Mountains
and Basins
 El Paso
 Pecos
 Presidio
Climate of the
Mountains and Basins
Driest part of state
8 inches of rain per year, 20 in
mountains
Hot days, cool nights
Mountains and Basins
Economy
 Ranching - cattle, sheep, goat
 Farming - cotton, fruits, vegetables, cantaloupes
(irrigation in El Paso and Pecos River Valley)
 Oil and gas - part of Permian Basin
Plants of the
Mountains
and Basins
 IT IS FLAT!!!!!
 Some sagebrush
Animals of the Mountains
and Basins
 Rattlesnakes
 Armadillos
Texas Regions Stations Activity
• You will now complete a stations activity to determine
which stations are associated with which Texas regions. You
may circle more than one answer, but you should be able
to explain them.
• Make sure to use complete sentences and explain your
answer.
Station 1: Bluebonnet
Which region? (Circle one) Coastal Plains Central Plains
Great Plains
Basin and Mountains
Explain: Bluebonnets are native to the Central Plains.
Stations Expectations
• No more than one or two to a station
• Work with your group to answer the questions
• Do not move on to the next station until you hear the timer
• Rotate even if you are not finished when you hear the timer;
there may be time at the end to complete missing stations
• If you get done early; wait until you here the time to rotate
with the next station.
• Don’t forget- write in complete sentences!!
Have fun and be productive
Middle Latitudes: this means we have a
warm, mild climate
High Plains
(Panhandle)
Grasslands
(Hill Country)
Coastal Plains
Forests
(in East TX)
Basins
Ogallala
Aquifer
Savannas – shrubs (smaller
trees) and grasses
Edwards Aquifer
Grass - (in the
Gulf Coast Plains)
Flat land and
Rolling hills
Oil & Natural Gas
In Texas, as you travel from east to west, the LAND
gets HIGHER and the CLIMATE gets DRIER!!
West
Barrier Islands
Desert
Plants
Edwards Plateau
Oil & Natural Gas
Gulf of
Mexico
East