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Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. There are 21 National Natural Landmarks in Texas. Attwater Prairie Chicken. Catfish Creek. Cave Without a Name. Caverns of Sonora. Devil's Sinkhole. Dinosaur Valley State Park.
This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in Texas and other landmarks of equivalent landmark status in the state. The United States' National Historic Landmark (NHL) program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance. [1]
268,581 sq mi (695,620 km 2) Coastline. 367 mi (591 km) Highest point. Guadalupe Peak, 8,749 feet (2,667 m) Lowest point. Gulf of Mexico, sea level. 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 ...
0.64% [ 1 ] The Texas Blackland Prairies are a temperate grassland ecoregion located in Texas that runs roughly 300 miles (480 km) from the Red River in North Texas to San Antonio in the south. The prairie was named after its rich, dark soil. [ 3 ] Less than 1% of the original Blackland prairie vegetation remains, scattered across Texas in parcels.
Pages in category "National Natural Landmarks in Texas" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. ... This page was last edited on 2 April 2018 ...
This category has the following 17 subcategories, out of 17 total. Bodies of water of Texas (8 C, 8 P) Landforms of Texas by county (224 C) Wetlands of Texas (1 C, 23 P)
5.35% [1] Protected. 2.26% [1] The Edwards Plateau is a geographic region forming the crossroads of Central, South and West Texas, United States. It is named in honor of Haden Edwards. [2] It is bounded by the Balcones Fault to the south and east; the Llano Uplift and the Llano Estacado to the north; and the Pecos River and Chihuahuan Desert to ...
The system has been explored and mapped by cave divers of the Jacob's Well Exploration Project and has been shown to consist of two principal conduits. One passageway measures approximately 4,500 feet (1,400 m) from the surface with a maximum depth of 137 feet (42 m), and a secondary one extends approximately 1,000 feet (300 m) in length from the point where it diverges from the main conduit.