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