Regions of Texas Vocabulary

A large natural elevation of the earth's surface rising from the surrounding level; a large steep hill

• mountains

• panhandle

• Great Plains

• valley

How and where a community lives over time in a specific area.

• economic development

• settlement pattern

• recreational activities

• occupational activities

A narrow strip of land  projecting from the main  territory of one state into another state.

• grasslands

• mountains

• peninsula

• panhandle

A powerful or major influence or effect.

• settlement pattern

• impact

• economic activity

• climate

A large area east of the Rocky Mountains. It has gently rolling plains of shrub, grasslands, and prairie.

• Coastal Plains

• Panhandle

• Great Plains

• Grasslands

A region of Texas that is next to the ocean.

• Panhandle

• Great Plains

• Grasslands

• Coastal Plains

The way a certain place (often a country or state) makes things, offers services, and divides stuff up between people, usually using money.

• free enterprise

• economic activity

• supply and demaind

• recreational activity

The average weather conditions in a place over a long period of time (generally 30 years or more).

• climate

• altitude

• termperature

• meteorology

It is where an area of the earth dips on all sides towards the center. It looks like a bowl made out of the earth.

• grasslands

• mountain

• basin

• plains

A naturally-formed feature on the Earth's surface, often with a recognizable shape like a valley or mountain.

• mountain range

• grasslands

• landform

• prairie