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The Old River Unit borders the Neches River on the north side and has a wildlife viewing platform. Area 4 M.O. Neasloney Gonzales County: 100 acres Used as a wildlife ecology field. [39] Area 2 Mad Island Matagorda County: 7,200 acres Purchased in 1987 and located just west of Matagorda: Area 4 Mason Mountain WMA 5,301
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.
Peaks in the state of Texas [1] [2] [3]; Mountain Peak Elevation Prominence Isolation Location Mountain range County; Guadalupe Peak: 8,751 ft 2667 m: 3,031 ft 924 m
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 west. [3]
Pages in category "Mountain ranges of Texas" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Beach ...
Several tributaries of the Colorado River in Texas—including the Llano and Pedernales Rivers, which cross the region west to east and join the Colorado as it cuts across the region to the southeast—drain a large portion of the Hill Country. The Guadalupe, San Antonio, Frio, Medina, and Nueces Rivers originate in the Hill Country.
The list of rivers of Texas is a list of all named waterways, including rivers and streams that partially pass through or are entirely located within the U.S. state of Texas. Across the state, there are 3,700 named streams and 15 major rivers accounting for over 191,000 mi (307,000 km) of waterways.
Shaded relief map of the Llano Estacado. Texas contains a wide variety of geologic settings. The state's stratigraphy has been largely influenced by marine transgressive-regressive cycles during the Phanerozoic, with a lesser but still significant contribution from late Cenozoic tectonic activity, as well as the remnants of a Paleozoic mountain range.
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