Mountains and Basins

By:Eduardo,Connor,Kelsey,Julian,Helena

Rivers

● Rio Grande River● Colorado River● Pecos River

by: Helena

www.TexasAlmanac.com

Mountains and Basins Voc.● Valley- Lowland between ranges of mountains, hills, or other uplands, often having

a river or stream running along the bottom.● Drought-A long period of abnormally low rainfall, especially one that adversely

affects growing or living conditions.

By:Eduardo Villarreal

http://austincanales.weebly.com/mountains-and-basins.html

Wildlife Some of the animals in the Mountain and Basins regions are, jackrabbits, road runners, bighorn sheep,great horned owls,horned lizard, mountain lions,coyotes, antelope, deer, rattle snakes, black bear, cactus mouse, peregrine falcons, water snakes, diamondback snakes, javelina, and collared lizards.

By:Kelsey information found at www.TexasRegions.com

History Texans have long had sense of the vastness of their state. The mountains and basins region of Texas was probably the hardest region to live in. If you wanted good food you had to trample through basins and climb tall mountains. You had to shoot or stab your meal. You had to cook it over an open fire on that mountain and that could set the whole mountain on fire if you weren’t careful. Basins look like big pits of wet, thick, mud with crusted mulch around it. The mountains were very tall and steep. If you took one wrong step, that was bad. The winters were cold and harsh. There was a 99% out of a 100% that a blizzard was going to break out. During the winter, it was hard to walk up snowy mountains with heavy gear.

Information found at www.TexasBeyondHistory.comBy:Julian

Major Cities

The major cities in mountains and basins region are El Paso,Fort Davis and Alpine.

(Conner D’s cousin lives in El Paso!!!!)

By:Connor D El Paso!!!>

ClimateThe desert and basin areas of the region have average high temperatures in the mid-90s F during the summer and in the mid-50s in winter. The mountain areas average high tempurature in the 80s during the summer and in the 60s in winter.

Information found at: USA today.com

By: Eduardo/Julian

Mountains

● Guadalupe Mountains● Chisos Mountains

Information found at www.TexasAlmanac.comBy:Helena

Maps Kelsey’s Slide

Fun factsThe Mountains and Basins section of Texas comprises the far western region of the state and, as its name implies, contains a good mix of mountainous and flat geographical features. The Pecos River forms the area’s eastern border, while the international border with Mexico and the state line with New Mexico form the region’s southern, western and northern borders. The region is also known as the Trans-Pecos or Big Bend Country.

Found at:USA today.comAll

Class Trivia

● What is one of the mountain names in this region? ( Julian reads)

● What are the names one of the rivers in this region? ( Helena reads)

● What are a kind of snake in this region? (Kelsey reads)

● What is 1 major city in this region? (Connor reads)

● What is the climate in the winter in this region? ( Eduardo reads)

9Kelsey reads)

What is the climate in the winter in this region? Helena reads

What is one of type the snakes in this region? Eduardo reads

What are two of the major cities in this region? Connor reads

ALL READ ONE QUESTION