Name: ______Date:______Period:______
Texas Physical and Natural Resources MAP
PART A:
Using the maps on pages RA20, 32, and 33 of your textbook, label the items listed below on the attached map. Follow the directions COMPLETELY and use your MAP RULES sheet in your keepers section! All states surrounding Texas should be colored green (Texas is not colored). Outline and color your water resources blue. Mexico should be outlined and colored brown. Draw the four natural regions of Texas and color each one LIGHTLY. Draw or outline each of the physical features in fine black ink (hint: use your super fine point sharpie). Be sure to create a MAP KEY and a COMPASS ROSE.
Suggestion: to make sure your map is complete, cross out each item below as you add it to your map.
States/CountryBodies of WaterNatural RegionsPhysical Features
Texas (label only)Gulf of MexicoCoastal Plains – orangeBalcones Escarpment
OklahomaRio Grande RiverGreat Plains – purpleCaprockEscarpment
LouisianaSabine RiverNorth Central Plains – redGuadalupe Mountains
New MexicoRed RiverMountains & Basins – yellowEdwards Plateau
ArkansasSan Jacinto RiverPermian Basin
Brazos RiverCompass RosePalo Duro Canyon
MexicoColorado River
Nueces RiverMap Key
Part B:
Use your map and textbook pages 32-40to answer the questions below. Number and write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.
1.What is an escarpment? How were they formed in Texas?
2.The Balcones Escarpment marks the beginning of which popular area in Texas?
3.Based on your map, which part of Texas has the fewest rivers? Which part has the most?
4.What two major purposes do lakes in Texas serve?
5.Why do all the rivers in Texas run from the dry Northwest part to the wetter Southeast part of the state? What are they called because of this?
6. This is a 3-part question: 1) Name the two aquifers found in Texas, 2) Where is each one located?, 3)Which one has a renewable resource from rainfall and which does not?
7. What natural resource provides Texas with profitable agribusiness such as farming and ranching?
8. What is the number one cash crop in Texas?
9.Name the three types of vegetation found in Texas and the regions where each one is located.
10.What are the five major mineral resources found in Texas? Which two of these are the most important?