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The geography of Texas is diverse and large. Occupying about 7% of the total water and land area of the U.S., [1] it is the second largest state after Alaska, and is the southernmost part of the Great Plains, which end in the south against the folded Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico.
Plains is a town in and the county seat of Yoakum County [4] of western Texas, United States. The city's population was 1,355 at the 2020 census . Yoakum County is in the Texas High Plains Wine country .
South Plains extends south of the Texas Panhandle, centered at Lubbock. While prominent in the area of petroleum production, the South Plains is mainly an agricultural region, producing a great percentage of the nation's cotton and possessing numerous large cattle ranches.
U.S. Department of Agriculture: The Great Plains. Parts of Texas may fit in with different regions. While it’s challenging to categorize Texas into a single region, its various areas might fit ...
The Canadian River forms the Llano's northern boundary, separating it from the rest of the High Plains. To the east, the Caprock Escarpment, a precipitous cliff about 300 feet (100 m) high, lies between the Llano and the red Permian plains of Texas; while to the west, the Mescalero Escarpment demarcates the eastern edge of the Pecos River valley
Gov. Brian Kemp declared a state of emergency in Sumter County, not for a natural disaster, but to allow state resources to help the city of Plains after former President Jimmy Carter’s death ...
Saline lake beds, and shortgrass grama grasslands characteristic of the high plains. Odessa Meteor Crater: 1965: Ector: county Contains two meteorite impact craters. The largest is 550 feet (170 m) in diameter. Palo Duro Canyon State Park
The Northern Plains' climate is semi-arid and is prone to drought, annually receiving between 16 and 32 inches (410 and 810 mm) of precipitation, and average annual snowfall ranging between 15 and 30 inches (380 and 760 mm), with the greatest snowfall amounts occurring in the Texas panhandle and areas near the border with New Mexico.