Top 5 Facts About Texas Geography
About texas and its geography and this video will get into the top five facts about texas and its geography and with texas being a very big state we’ll start with fact number one texas has a variety of landscapes deserts high mountains grasslands prairies swamps forests limestone hills
And here are a few other things about texas to just show how varied the geography of texas really is el paso texas located in the chihuahuan desert of texas gets about 9.7 inches of rain a year the city of orange texas which is on the border with louisiana
Gets close to 60 inches of rain and just a moment ago limestone hills were mentioned this will go into fact number two the largest bat colonies in the world the southern and central part of texas is home to texas hill country and texas hill country has a lot of cars topography
A lot of limestone hills a lot of caves especially bracken cave just outside of san antonio texas this cave is home to the largest summer bat colony in the world over 20 million bats make their home in the bracken cave between march and october texas is also home to the world’s largest urban
Bat colony located around the congress avenue bridge in austin texas which also happens to be the capital of texas number three world’s longest barrier island padre island on the gulf coast of texas is the longest barrier island in the world it stretches for 113 miles from corpus christi texas to the resort
Community of south padre island it is home to the padre island national seashore the kemp’s ridley sea turtle the rarest sea turtle in the world can be found on padre island fact number four giving the grand canyon a run for its money the texas panhandle which is part of the great plains
Is home to palo duro canyon the second largest canyon in the united states of america second only to the grand canyon it is essentially the grand canyon of texas it is 120 miles long and has dramatic geological features such as the lighthouse and capitol peak last but not least
Fact number five texas is home to three of the top 10 largest cities in the united states of america and they are houston san antonio and dallas houston the largest city in texas has a population of over two million people within its city limits san antonio has a population of 1.5 million people
And dallas has a population of 1.3 million texas has been one of the fastest growing states in the united states of america over the past four decades having three cities of one million or more people in the state of texas that is a reflection of that growth it
Is a reflection of the people who have moved to texas for reasons such as jobs people who have gone there to make texas their home texas is a big state with so many different features and there is so much to say about the geography that has played a role for the
State of texas if you like this video or if you found it interesting check out other videos on this channel and as always be sure to leave a comment like and subscribe you
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