Texas Ecoregions

High wind erosion due to little plant life; has mountains and desert, mostly sandy soils. This describes which ecoregion?

• Trans Pecos

• Edward's Plateau

• Piney Woods

• Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes

The following is a picture of which ecoregion? ___________

• Piney Woods

• Panhandle Plains

• Edwards Plateau/Hill Country

• Gulf Coast Plains

This is a picture of the __________ ecoregion. (Hint-look at the plant life).

• Central Texas Plains (Blackland Prairie)

• Trans Pecos

• Panhandle Plains

• Piney Woods

This is a picture of the __________ ecoregion of Texas.

• High Plains
• Gulf Coast Plains and Marshes
• Piney Woods
• Hill Country

Rain washing away soil from a hillside

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Flood water pounding against a canyon wall and wearing it down

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition

Waves dropping sand on the beach

• Weathering 
• Erosion
• Deposition

Muddy water being carried away by a fast-moving river

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Deposition 

Why would there be less erosion in Piney Woods ecoregion of Texas?

• not enough rain so the soil isn't washed away

• Tree and plant roots hold soil in place

• tree leaves soak up rain

• This ecoregion is one of the wettest

At the beach, which agents of erosion affect the coast the most?

• Wind and animals

• Water and gravity

• Animals and wind

• water and wind