Intro to the Major Landforms of Texas and the Four Regions of Texas

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Intro to the Major Landforms of Texas and the
Four Regions of Texas
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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 werent 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.
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Major Texas Landforms
CAPROCK ESCARPMENT
Escarpment a long steep slope, esp. at the edge
of a plateau or separating areas of land at
different heights
High Plains
Permian Basin
Edwards Plateau
Coastal Plains
BALCONES ESCARPMENT
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BALCONES ESCARPMENT TX Landforms
South
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CAPROCK ESCARPMENT TX Landforms
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Test Your Knowledge Using the handout, write the
answers to the questions on the following slides.

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What is the name of this escarpment?
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2.
What is the name of this escarpment?
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3.
This escarpment separates what two major
landforms?
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4.
This escarpment separates the Edwards Plateau
from what two major landforms?
Edwards Plateau
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5.
Which two Texas cities are near the Caprock
Escarpment?
Which escarpment goes through Austin?
6.
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Four Regions of Texas
The Escarpments help make up the NATURAL BORDERS
for the Four Regions of Texas

• The Four Regions of Texas are
• Coastal Plains Region
• North Central Plains Region
• Great Plains Region
• Mountains and Basins Region

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Here are the regions on a map. Label them on your
map, too.
North Central Plains Region
Mountains Basins Region
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?
Great Plains Region
What do you notice about Austin? Which region(s)
is it in?
Coastal Plains Region
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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.
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Sub-Regions of Texas
The 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

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• The Great Plains Region is broken up into 3
  sub-regions

• The Mountains and Basins Region has NO sub-regions

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• You will be given a Texas map with the
  sub-regions shown.
• You will need to color and label the 11
  sub-regions of Texas.
• You will also need to use the sub-regions to draw
  in the 4 regions of Texas.
• This assignment will be homework due the next
  time you come to class.
• Have fun! ?