studyyy Flashcards

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Coastal plains Geography

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good annual rainfall with prairies and woods

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Coastal Plains Sub-Regions

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South Texas Plain, Piney Woods, Blackland Prairies, Gulf coat plain, post oak belt

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Coastal plains major cities

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houston dallas san antonio austin

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Coastal plains economy

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oil & gas-military-retail-Petrochemicals/making oil into things like gasoline-Agriculture/cattle, rice, and cotton

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How is Coastal plains unique

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Most people live there because it has lots of natural resources

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Mountains & Basins Geography

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Rio Grande, very hot, very dry, mostly desert

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Mountains & Basins Sub regions

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None

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Mountains & Basins Major cities

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El Paso

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Mountains & Basins economy

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maquiladoras, oil & gas, mining

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What is unique about Mountains & Basins

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The Rio Grande separated them from Mexico, and they get irrigation for farming from it, they have cooler temperatures.

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North Central Plains Geography

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warm winters cool summers mostly grass prairie, escarpments

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What is the order of elevation

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mountains and basins, great plains, north central plains, coastal plains

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North Central Plains sub-regions

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Rolling Plains, Cross Timbers, Grand prairie

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North Central Plains major cities

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fort worth and arlington

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North Central Plains economy

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ranching and oil&gas

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North Central Plains unique

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Escarpment:long steep cliff Aquifers: used for water resources

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Great Plains geography

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summer and winter is cool, dry, palo duro canyon

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Great Plains Sub regions

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High Plains, Edwards Plateau, Llano Basin

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Great Plains major cities

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Odessa, Lubbock, Midland, fredricksburg

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Great Plains economy

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cotton farming, ranching, oil and gas