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Texas Geography
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Texas
Geography
Online
Field Trip
Texas is big! So big that one page on Texas will probably not
be enough to cover even minimally all of the interesting and
fascinating places that we can try to explore online.
Let's
try to do
our best anyway.
If you live in Texas or have visited Texas please share your
experiences with the places listed here or expand our vision of Texas
with your stories about your favorite places.
Just scroll to the bottom of this page and use the comments section or
click the link here.
So, what's great about Texas and
what did I find to share with you....
Texas is full of history, landmarks, cities, country, small
towns,
diverse cultures and wildlife.
Capital City:
Austin
Texas
Facts
Since there is so much to discover let's start with a few of those
quick Texas geography facts you really should know....
- Capital city is Austin
- Known as The Lone Star State
- State mammal is the armadillo
- 2nd largest state
- Four National Forests: Angelina, Davy Crockett,
Sabine and Sam Houston
- Two National Parks: Big Bend and Guadalupe
Mountains
Festivals
and Fairs
annual Houston
International Festival
annual community
wide garage sale Elgin
Texas Indians
American Indian
tribes that have lived inside the boundaries of present-day Texas
include Apache, Atakapan, Bidai, Caddo, Comanche, Cherokee, Kiowa,
Tonkawa, Wichita, Hueco and the Karankawa of Galveston.
Currently,
three federally recognized Native American tribes reside in Texas: the
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe, the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe, and the Ysleta
Del Sur Pueblo
Texas
Geography can be divided into the following regions:
The Heart of Texas
The East Texas Piney Woods
The Northeast Texas Region
The Rio Grande Valley (and South Texas)
The Texas Coastal Plains
The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
The Texas Hill Country
The Houston - Galveston Bay Area
The Texas Panhandle
The Llano Estacado (Rolling Plains)
The Trans-Pecos (West Texas)
Have you been to a great place in Texas?
Do you have a story about a visit to a historical or other site/event or a favorite place in Texas? We'd love to hear about it. Please share it!
Do you have a picture, too? Great! We'd love to see that, too!
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Geography to USA Geography
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