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  2. Geology of Texas - Wikipedia

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    The modern coastal plain formed during this time; it comprises increasingly thick sediments (perhaps 15 km deep at the coastline) deposited southeastward into the downwarping Gulf of Mexico. [ 10 ] West Texas was rent by volcanism during the Eocene and Oligocene epochs, activity which formed most of the modern topography of the area. [ 1 ]

  3. Geography of Texas - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Category:Landforms of Texas - Wikipedia

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    Landforms of Texas by county (224 C) Wetlands of Texas (1 C, 23 P) * Lists of landforms of Texas (8 P) B. ... Gulf Coastal Plain; M. Mescalero Ridge; T. Texas Gulf Coast

  5. Texas Gulf Coast - Wikipedia

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    Texas Gulf Coast is an intertidal zone which borders the coastal region of South Texas, Southeast Texas, and the Texas Coastal Bend.The Texas coastal geography boundaries the Gulf of Mexico encompassing a geographical distance relative bearing at 367 miles (591 km) of coastline according to CRS [1] and 3,359 miles (5,406 km) of shoreline according to NOAA.

  6. Coastal plain - Wikipedia

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    Coastal plains can form in one of two ways; some begin as a continental shelf, a flat piece of land located below sea level, and are created when the ocean level falls, exposing the land. Others develop when river currents carry sediment into the ocean, which is deposited and builds up over time until it forms a coastal plain.

  7. Western Gulf coastal grasslands - Wikipedia

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    The Western Gulf coastal grasslands (Spanish: Pastizales costeros del Golfo Occidental) are a subtropical grassland ecoregion of the southern United States and northeastern Mexico. [2] [3] It is known in Louisiana as the "Cajun Prairie", Texas as "Coastal Prairie," and as the Tamaulipan pastizal (Spanish: Pastizal Tamaulipeco) in Mexico.

  8. Category:Coastal plains - Wikipedia

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  9. Texas Coastal Bend - Wikipedia

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    Texas Coastal Bend illustration bordering the Gulf of Mexico. The Texas Coastal Bend, or just the Coastal Bend, is a geographical region in the US state of Texas. The name refers to the area being a curve along the Texas Gulf Coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The largest city of the Coastal Bend is Corpus Christi.