The Great Plains (Ch 11)

  Just like the other regions, the Great Plains Region of Texas contains many unique places too. Some of the Major Cities are Amarillo, Odessa, and Lubbock. Some of  the sub-regions and points of interest are the Llano Basin, and the Edwards Plateau.  Amarillo is approximately 7.5 hours away from San Antonio.

The North Central Plains are bounded by the Caprock Escarpment to the west, the Edwards Plateau to the south, and the Eastern Cross Timbers to the east. This area includes the North Central Plains around the cities of Abilene and Wichita Falls, the Western Cross Timbers to the west of Fort Worth, theGrand Prairie, and the Eastern Cross Timbers to the east ofDallas. With about 35 to 50 inches (890 to 1,270 mm) annual rainfall, gently rolling to hilly forested land is part of a larger pine-hardwood forest of oaks, hickories, elm and gum trees. Soils vary from coarse sands to tight clays or red-bed clays and shales.


Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Texas
http://justtofresh.weebly.com/great-plains.html