Describe the High Plains section of Texas. In what part of Texas is this section located? What type of geography is found in this section? What type of industry is common in this section? What cities are located within this section?
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Answer:
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. Texas is in the South Central United States of America, and is considered to form part of the U.S. South and also part of the U.S. Southwest.[2]
Geography of Texas
Geographic map of Texas
Region
South Central United States
Coordinates
31°N 100°W
Area
• Total
268,581 sq mi (695,620 km2)
Coastline
367 mi (591 km)
Highest point
Guadalupe Peak, 8,749 feet (2,667 m)
Lowest point
Gulf of Mexico, sea level
By residents, the state is generally divided into North Texas, East Texas, Central Texas, South Texas, West Texas (and sometimes the Panhandle), but according to the Texas Almanac, Texas has four major physical regions: Gulf Coastal Plains, Interior Lowlands, Great Plains, and Basin and Range Province. This has been cited as the difference between human geography and physical geography, although the fact that Texas was granted the prerogative to divide into as many as five U.S. states may be a historical motive for Texans defining their state as containing exactly five regions.[3]
Some regions in Texas are more associated with the Southeast than the Southwest (primarily East Texas, Central Texas, and North Texas), while other regions share more similarities with the Southwest (primarily far West Texas and lower South Texas). The upper Panhandle is considered by many to have more in common with parts of the plains Midwest than either the South or Southwest. The size of Texas prohibits easy categorization of the entire state wholly in any recognized region of the United States, and even cultural diversity among regions of the state make it difficult to treat Texas as a region in its own right.
Answer: The High Plains region is located from the panhandle to the Prcos River, Some cities are Amarillo, Lubbock, El Paso, and Wichita Falls. This area has flat grassy plains. There is alot of Cattle in the High Planes region
Explanation:
all of this is in the northern part of Texas, it has dryer land because it is far away from the coast.