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Texas’ Natural ResourcesTexas’ Natural Resources
Chapter 1 Section 2Chapter 1 Section 2
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Viewing TexasViewing Texas• The southernmost point in Texas meets
the Gulf of Mexico; Padre Island and Laguna Madre lie along the southern Gulf coast.
• North of Brownsville the land rises slowly and is covered with cactus, Mesquite trees, and other hot-climate plants.
• The Balcones Escarpment follows a fault that cuts across Texas in an arc.
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Padre IslandPadre Island – – SouthernmostSouthernmost PointPoint
WavesWaves
No Waves
Barrier IslandBarrier Island
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South Texas – Rio Grande ValleySouth Texas – Rio Grande Valley
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South Texas Brush CountrySouth Texas Brush Country
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Balcones EscarpmentBalcones Escarpment
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Viewing TexasViewing Texas• The Hill Country is a plateau that
begins at the Balcones Escarpment and Contains more streams and rivers than any other part of Texas.
• The Caprock Escarpment disrupts the high plains of northwest Texas and Creates beautiful canyons, such as Palo Duro and Tule Canyons.
• From the plains of West Texas rise numerous mountain ranges.
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Texas Hill CountryTexas Hill Country
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Central TexasCentral Texas
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Central TexasCentral Texas
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Caprock EscarpmentCaprock Escarpment - Lubbock - Lubbock
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West Texas MountainsWest Texas Mountains
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West TexasWest Texas
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West TexasWest Texas
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West TexasWest Texas
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Texas Water ResourcesTexas Water Resources
• Increasing demands for water are straining the ecosystems of communities along rivers and near dams in Texas.
• The Gulf of Mexico and bays along the Texas coast are the state’s main water resources.
• Because rivers polluted by waste and chemicals empty into these bays, seafood from them is sometimes declared unsafe to eat.
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The “Wrong-Way” Rivers of The “Wrong-Way” Rivers of Texas Texas (pages 33–34)(pages 33–34)
• Although the Rio Grande is the state’s largest river, it carries little water compared to other rivers of its length.
• Other Texas rivers include the Panhandle’s Red River and Canadian River and East Texas’s Sabine, Neches, Trinity, San Jacinto, Brazos, Colorado, and Pecos Rivers.
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Rio Grande RiverRio Grande River
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Red RiverRed River
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Canadian RiverCanadian River
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Sabine River – East TexasSabine River – East Texas
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Neches River - BeaumontNeches River - Beaumont
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Lake Buchanan Dam – Central TXLake Buchanan Dam – Central TX
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The “Wrong-Way” Rivers of The “Wrong-Way” Rivers of Texas Texas (pages 33–34)(pages 33–34)
• Texas’s rivers flow away from the dry northwestern region, where water is most needed, to the moist southeast, and are thus called “wrong-way” rivers.
• Many Texas rivers are dammed to control floods and to help keep precious water from flowing unchecked into the Gulf of Mexico.
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Texas Lakes Have Many Uses Texas Lakes Have Many Uses (page 34)(page 34)
• All but one of the major lakes of Texas, Caddo Lake in East Texas, was created by damming rivers.
• Once created to control floods and provide irrigation, Texas lakes now provide most of the water needed for cities and manufacturing.