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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.
Central Texas, United States. Elevation. 980–2,460 ft (300–750 m) The Texas Hill Country is a geographic region of Central and South Texas, forming the southeast part of the Edwards Plateau. Given its location, climate, terrain, and vegetation, the Hill Country can be considered the border between the American Southeast and Southwest. [ 1 ]
The highest temperature ever measured in Texas was 120 °F (48.9 °C), recorded on August 12, 1936 in Seymour, during the 1936 North American Heatwave, and again on June 28, 1994 in Monahans. The lowest temperature ever measured in Texas was −23 °F (−30.6 °C), recorded on February 8, 1933 in Seminole. [27] Climate data for Texas.
The Lower Rio Grande Valley (Spanish: Valle del Río Grande), commonly known as the Rio Grande Valley or locally as the Valley or RGV, is a region spanning the border of Texas and Mexico located in a floodplain of the Rio Grande near its mouth. [1] The region includes the southernmost tip of South Texas and a portion of northern Tamaulipas, Mexico.
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 ...
4,992,597. South Texas is a geographic and cultural region of the U.S. state of Texas that lies roughly south of—and includes— San Antonio. The southern and western boundary is the Rio Grande, and to the east it is the Gulf of Mexico. The population of this region is about 4.96 million according to the 2017 census estimates. [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 ...
The maps have county borders but no names; however, they detail rivers, lakes, and major cities, and contain photographs. There is also a Texas ecoregion report PDF which describes Cross Timbers vegetation and other features in much more detail than the maps. Under "Oklahoma," there is no ecoregion report PDF yet but more details are contained ...