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Longitude and Latitude
• Longitude lines are east and west of the Prime Meridian
• Latitude lines are north and south of the Equator.
Cities
• Houston is the largest city in Texas
• Amarillo is the largest city in the North Plains
• El Paso is the largest city in the Mountains and Basins region
Geography
• The Caprock Escarpment divides the Great Plains from the North Central Plains to the west
• Erosion is the wearing away of the earth’s surface by water, wind and ice.
Geography
• The West Texas mountains receive more rainfall than the nearby desert because moisture-filled air moving up the mountains is cooled.
Geography• A tableland
covered with small trees and brush is a plateau.
• Location answers the question, “Where is it?”
Geography
• Geography helps deal with the present by explaining why people live the way they do.
• Geography helps deal with the past by explaining why certain events occurred the way they did.
Climate
• When cool air from the north combines with moist, warm air from the Gulf of Mexico, it results in violent storms.
Climate
• The cooler temperatures in the Great Plains are due largely to the region’s high elevation.
Climate
All of the following are vegetation regions found in Texas:•Savannas•Large forests•Grasslands
Regions
• The Gulf Coast Plain product sold to more than 100 countries around the world is rice.
• Large-scale commercial farming is called agribusiness.
Regions• The population of the
Mountains and Basins region is very sparse.
• The North Central Plains region is well suited for ranching.
• The Coastal Plains have large oil fields, a mild climate and is heavily populated.
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