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PHYSIOGRAPHY OF TEXAS
ELEVATION
ABOVE SEA LEVEL
Above 4,000 ft.
3,000 to 4,000 ft.
2,000 to 3,000 ft.
1,000 to 2,000 ft.
500 to 1,000 ft.
[ Oto 500 ft.The surface of Texas slopes upward N
from the Gulf coast to plateaus of
more than 4,000 feet elevation in the
Trans-Pecos and Panhandle regions of
extreme West and Northwest Texas,
respectively. From the Trans-Pecos
plateau, the summits of several moun-
tains rise to more than 8,000 feet.
other hardwoods along streams. Cotton,
wheat, oats, corn, grain sorghums are grown.
but livestock raising and dairying principal
Industries. Excellently adapted to dairying,
which has expanded rapidly in recent years
Limestone quarried for stone, lime and Port-
land cement. Clay products. Fort Worth is
the principal city. Waco lies on its eastern
boundary, Denton and Gainesville at its north
end.
2 East and West Cross Timbers. A narrow
band running from the Red River betc een
Dallas and Fort Worth, the East Cross Tim-
bers extend as far south as the southern part
of Hill County. A sandy and red clay soil
wedged between Blacklands and Grand Prai-
rie, the belt is too small to have economic
significance, except that it is excellently
adapted to truck growing for Dallas, Fort
Worth and other cities along its course. Post
oak is the principal timber. It is connected
by a narrow band along the Red River with
the West Cross Timbers and the Main Post
Oak Belt to the east. The West Cross Timbers
extend from the Red River in Montague Coun-
ty to Burnet County with varying width as far
west as the eastern part of Coleman County.
Post oak and blackjack are the prevailing tim-
bers, but there are wide stretches of mesquite
lands and prairies, and areas of hills and
low flat-topped mountains covered with cedar.
Elevation 800 to 1.700 feet. Temperature a
little lower than Grand Prairie. Rainfall 27Drawn from the
Topographic Map
of Texas by N Hi
Darton. U S Geo-
logical Sur- einches on west to 32 on east. Dilersified
farming on the soils which range from dark
loams to sandy and sandy clays. Cotton.
corn, forage, melons, peanuts peaches grown
Much grazing land for livestock, and tim-
bered country affords browsing for goats
which are being introduced Extensi1e poul-
try raising and dairying. Several large oil
and gas fields in this area Large coal de-
posits were mined before oil was discovered
Number of brick plants. Principal cities are
Brownwood. Breckenridge. Eastland. Cisco
and Ranger. but Fort Worth to east of this
belt is principal market and distributing
point.
3 Burnet-Llano Region. Also known as the
Central Basin and Central Mineral Region,
this is a small area lying principally in Bur-
net and Llano Counties. Elevation 600 to
1,600 feet. Climate usually mild but exposed
to cold northwest winds of winter. Rainfall
about 30 inches. There are wide expanses of
prairie country with pecans along streams.
Dense growth of cedar in broken regions.
There is some commercial production of
cedar. This is an eroded area, traversed by
the deep valleys of the Colorado and Llano
Rivers with much broken and mountainous
country. Exposed igneous intrusions form
such eminences as Granite Mountain and En-
chanted Rock. Much granite quarried. Region
known for its variety of beautiful and useful
stone. Evidences of a wide variety of min-Map Showing Elevation
of Texas Surface
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