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Mountains and Basins
Region
McKittrick Canyon
in Guadalupe Mts.
Nat’l Park
Mountains and Basins (including part of
the Permian Basin)
LANDFORMS
Chisos
Basin in
Big Bend
Nat’l
Park The mountains in Texas are part of the Rocky Mountains
LANDFORMS
Guadalupe Mountain
in Guadalupe Mts.
Nat’l Park
LANDFORMS
Guadalupe Peak is the tallest
point in TX
LANDFORMS
3 biggest ranges in TX – Davis
Mts., Chisos Mts., Guadalupe
Mts.
Has a DESERT CLIMATE
Driest part of state
8” rain/yr (20” in mountains)
Desert grasslands – found
mostly in the central part of the
Mountains and Basins Region
CLIMATE and NATURAL VEGETATION
Desert Shrub – creosote
flats, cactus, yucca, cholla,
ocotillo
What is creosote?
Mountain Range
Vegetation – scrub oak and
live oak trees, pine trees and
cedar trees (caused by higher
rainfall in the mountains)
MOUNTAIN
VEGETATION
Chisos Basin in Big Bend Nat’l Park
Chisos Forest in Big Bend McKittrick Canyon in Guadalupe Mts.
National Park
NATURAL RESOURCES Wind
X
Pecos
River
Rio
Grande
Minerals – (limestone, copper, salt,
sulfur, talc, shale, clay)
Oil and
Natural
Gas
(mostly in
the Permian
Basin) Not a lot of water!!!! This is a
desert!! Coastal Plains had 11 major
rivers… M&B only has TWO…
ECONOMIC
ACTIVITIES
Maquiladoras
Wind Energy Irrigated Farming
Cantaloupes (Pecos River),
Cotton and Pecans
Oil & Natural Gas
Permian Basin
X Trade with NM, AZ, CA and Mexico (Rest
of TX is farther away)
ECONOMIC
ACTIVITIES
Cont…
CITIES
(and Towns)
El Paso
Marfa
Pecos
Ft. Davis
Alpine
Tourism
Big Bend National
Park
Camping
Hiking
Davis Observatory
(Davis Mountains)
Santa Elena Canyon in Big Bend National Park
Rio Grande
Mexico
United States
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