Transcript MountainsAndBasinsx - FWA-7th-2009

MOUNTAINS AND
BASINS
By: Lizzie, Emilie, Hannah, and Emily!
Big Ben National Park
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Consists of1, 250 square
miles. About the size of
Rhode Island.
Rio Grande flows 107 miles
on southern border.
Many endangered species
live there such as the
Peregrine Falcon, the BlackCapped Vireo, the Mexican
Long Nosed Bat, and the Big
Bend Gambusia.
Mountains
A view of the
Guadalupe
Mountains, midday.
A scenic road into
the Guadalupe
Mountains.
Inside the famous
Carlsbad Caverns.
Davis Mountains
The yellow-tinted
Davis Mountains at
sunset.
Vegetation such as
shrubs and cacti dot
the landscape.
The craggy shapes of the
Davis Mountains jut into a
purple sky, while the moon
hovers overhead.
A back road leading
into the Chisos
Mountains
The reddish landscape of
the Chisos Mountains
Chisos Mountains
Although the Chisos Mountains
are quite barren, grasses and
small trees grow around the
bases of the mountains.
Vegetation
This is some vegetation around the mountains and basins area.
Although most of the vegetation is bushes, the vegetation is pretty
dense considering the trees and forests around the mountains. It is a
desert.
El Paso!
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606,913 as a
population in El
Paso
6th largest city.
Stands on the Rio
Grande River.
Ciudad Juarez
Ciudad
Juarez
was also
known as
El Paso
del
Norte.
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As they approached the Rio Grande from the south, Spanish explorers in
the colonial period viewed two mountain ranges rising out of the desert
with a deep chasm between. This site they named El Paso del Norte (the
Pass of the North), and it became the location of two future border
cities, Ciudad Juárez on the south or right bank of the Rio Grande and El
Paso, Texas, on the opposite side of the river. The arrival of the first
Spanish expedition at the Pass of the North in 1581 marked the beginning
of more than 400 years of history in the El Paso area. It was followed in
1598 by the colonizing expedition under Juan de Oñate. On April 30,
1598, in a ceremony at a site near present San Elizario, Oñate took
formal possession of the entire territory drained by the Rio Grande and
brought Spanish civilization to the Pass of the North.
Summary
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Canyons and mountain
plateaus contrast with
saucer-shaped basins
Almost every person in
this region lives in El
Paso
There are two rivers in
our region, the Pecos
and the Rio Grande
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There are three major
mountain ranges, the
Guadalupe, Davis, and
the Chisos
The Mountains and
Basins region is part of
the Rocky Mountain
region
Continued
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Our region is very
dry
Our region has one
of the states largest
cities
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Ranching
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The ranching in EL Paso mainly consists of cattle and horses. The
ranching is popular because there are vast areas to hold the
animals. Ranching is the raising and breeding of one type of
animal, such as cows. It is popular in the Mountains and Basins
Region of Texas, or the western part of the state. This is because
not very many crops can grow here, so the economy has to be
made from ranching. Ranching in Texas has lasted for many years.
The large herds of cattle are usually kept inside large fenced
areas. Cowboys and sometimes farmers will keep watch over the
cattle and make sure they get food and water. Sometimes if the
cows are kept in an open area with no fences, the cowboys will
ride up and down the field on horseback keeping an eye on all of
the cattle. The herd and the cowboys will move from time to
time, to different places across the Mountains and Basins region.
Precipitation in El Paso
Average
Rainfall Per
Month in El
Paso!
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Jan. 0.5 cm.
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Feb. 0.5 cm.
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Mar. 0.4 cm.
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Apr. 0.3 cm.cm.
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May. 0.4 cm.
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Jun. 0.8 cm.
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Jul. 1.7 cm.
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Aug.1.6 cm.
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Sept. 1.4 cm.
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Oct. 1.0 cm.
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Nov. 0.50 cm.
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Dec. 0.6 cm.
Animals