GULF COASTAL PLAINS
THIS IS THE PART OF TEXAS WHERE MOST PEOPLE LIVE. IT IS ALSO THE BIGGEST REGION IN TEXAS!!
VOCABULARY- ESCARPMENT- STEEP CLIFF DROUGHT- A LONG PERIOD OF TIME WHERE NO RAIN FALLS.
SUB REGIONS, MAJOR CITIES AND POINTS OF INTEREST- HOUSTON, SAN ANTONIO , AUSTIN ,GALVENSTON, SOUTH TEXAS PLAINS, CROSS TIMBERS, AND BARRIER ISLANDS.
CLIMATE- HOT SUMMERS AND LOTS OF RAIN! COLD WINTERS and COOL FALLS. ( IN 2011 ALMOST 4 MONTH OF NO RAIN EFFECTED US GREATLY.)
VEGETATION - FOOD AND CROPS GROW HERE EASLY. SUCH AS CITRUS FRUIT AND WHEAT.
LAND FORMS - BRAZOS RIVER (WHICH RUNS THROUGH SIENNA!) COLORADO RIVER,THE BLACK LAND PRAIRIE, RIO GRANDE, AND THE BLCONES ESCARPMENT.
RESOURCES- CATTLE, WHEAT, VEGGIES, POULTRY, CORN, HOGS, FISH, OIL.
OPPORTUNITIES- CATTLE INDUTERY, FARMING, COMMERCIAL FISHING, RANCHING, AND IN-CITY OPPORTUNITIES
SUB REGIONS, MAJOR CITIES AND POINTS OF INTEREST- HOUSTON, SAN ANTONIO , AUSTIN ,GALVENSTON, SOUTH TEXAS PLAINS, CROSS TIMBERS, AND BARRIER ISLANDS.
CLIMATE- HOT SUMMERS AND LOTS OF RAIN! COLD WINTERS and COOL FALLS. ( IN 2011 ALMOST 4 MONTH OF NO RAIN EFFECTED US GREATLY.)
VEGETATION - FOOD AND CROPS GROW HERE EASLY. SUCH AS CITRUS FRUIT AND WHEAT.
LAND FORMS - BRAZOS RIVER (WHICH RUNS THROUGH SIENNA!) COLORADO RIVER,THE BLACK LAND PRAIRIE, RIO GRANDE, AND THE BLCONES ESCARPMENT.
RESOURCES- CATTLE, WHEAT, VEGGIES, POULTRY, CORN, HOGS, FISH, OIL.
OPPORTUNITIES- CATTLE INDUTERY, FARMING, COMMERCIAL FISHING, RANCHING, AND IN-CITY OPPORTUNITIES