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Intro to the Major Landforms of Texas and the Four Regions of Texas
BALCONES ESCARPMENT
CAPROCK ESCARPMENT
Coastal Plains
Edwards Plateau
High Plains
Permian Basin
As we discussed in our “Walk Across Texas”, there are many different landforms in our state. Get out your notes from the “Walk” and write all the LANDFORMS from diagram list on your handout.
Add any other landforms you think Texas may have that weren’t on the list.
Today, we are going to focus on the vocabulary word escarpment. Texas has two major escarpments that play a large role in the shape of the land of our state.
BALCONES ESCARPMENT
CAPROCK ESCARPMENT
Escarpment a long steep slope, esp. at the edge of a plateau or separating areas of land at different heights
Coastal Plains
Edwards Plateau
High Plains
Permian Basin
Major Texas Landforms
Test Your KnowledgeUsing the handout, write the answers to the questions on the following slides.
1.
What is the name of this escarpment?
The Escarpments help make up the NATURAL BORDERS for the Four Regions of Texas
Four Regions of Texas
The Four Regions of Texas are:1.Coastal Plains Region2.North Central Plains Region3.Great Plains Region4.Mountains and Basins Region
Great Plains Region
North Central Plains Region
Mountains & Basins Region
Coastal Plains Region
Here are the regions on a map. Label them on your map, too.
What do you notice about Austin? Which region(s) is it in?
Find Travis County on this map. Put a star on the map where Austin would be (in Travis County). What do you notice about Austin? Which region(s) is it in?
The four regions found in Texas are just part of a larger set of regions found across the United States.
What makes a region? The differences in the geography of a place… remember the five things we talked about before the walk?
Each region has different locations, landforms, climate, natural vegetation, natural resources.
Sub-Regions of TexasThe four Regions of Texas are broken up into 11 Sub-Regions.
• The Coastal Plains Region is broken into 5 sub-regions
• The North Central Plains Region is broken up into 3 sub-regions
• The Great Plains Region is broken up into 3 sub-regions
• The Mountains and Basins Region has NO sub-regions