2. Location
Relative: To the east is Louisiana, New
Mexico to the west, Oklahoma to the north
and Mexico to the south.
Absolute: 31 N and 98 W
3. Regions
Area Codes: 210, 214, 254, 281, 361, 409,
469, 512, 682, 713, 806, 817, 830, 832,
903, 915, 936, 940, 956, 972 and 979.
Time zone and Region: Texas is in the
central time zone. Texas is in the Southern
Region of the USA.
4. Place
Landmarks: The Alamo, Big Bend National
Park, Six Flags Over Texas and Sabine
Lake.
Landforms: Sabine River, Gulf Of Mexico,
Colorado River and Big Bend
Tradition: Making Pinatas, The Square
Dance and The Strawberry Festival.
Climate: Humid, hot, dry and lots of tornados
because Texas is part of Tornado Alley.
5. Movement
Transportation: The Woodlands Waterway,
Highway 10 and 20, Cars, Horses,
Rainbow Bridge and The Dallas Fort
Worth Airport.
Exports: Chemicals and allied products,
petroleum and coal products, food and
kindred products, transporting petroleum,
natural gas and gas liquids.
Agriculture: Cattle, grain sorghums, cotton,
lint and seed, wheat, rice and dairy
6. Adapt
Adapt: Texas adapts to the hot weather by
putting on sunscreen, they have pools to
keep them cool and because Texas is in
Tornado Alley all the houses need to have
a basement or some type of shelter.
7. Modify
Texas modified the terrain by building the
Pennybacker bridge so they can get
across the Colorado River.
