Texas

Texas is a state located in the United States of America. The 28th U.S. state, Texas joined the United States in 1845. Its postal abbreviation is TX.

Geography

Location

Texas borders New Mexico on the west, Oklahoma on the north (across the Red River), and Louisiana (across the Sabine River) and Arkansas on the east. To the southwest, across the Rio Grande, Texas borders the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas. To the southeast of Texas lies the Gulf of Mexico.

Related Topics:
New Mexico - Oklahoma - Red River - Louisiana - Sabine River - Arkansas - Rio Grande - Mexican - Chihuahua - Coahuila - Nuevo León - Tamaulipas - Gulf of Mexico

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Texas lies in the south-central part of the United States of America. Texas is considered to form part of the US South and part of the U.S. Southwest. Some regions of Texas are associated with the Southwest more than the South, while other regions are associated with the South more than the Southwest. Texas shares some cultural elements with both regions, with more similarities with the South, especially Arkansas and Louisiana, in East Texas, and more similarities with the Southwest, especially Mexico and New Mexico, in West Texas and South Texas.

Related Topics:
US South - U.S. Southwest - East Texas - West Texas - South Texas

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Human Geography

Articles on Texas regions:

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• Central Texas
• East Texas
• North Texas
• Rio Grande Valley
• Texas Hill Country
• Llano Estacado
• West Texas

For the 254 counties of Texas, {{see|List of Texas counties}}

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Natural Geography

Texas has five major topographic regions:

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• The Coastal Plain, from the Gulf of Mexico inland to about San Antonio and just southeast of Austin
• The Hill Country and Edwards Plateau, a hilly rocky area in central Texas bordered on the east by the Balcones Fault zone and Blackland Prairie.
• The Great Plains region extends into northern Texas, including the Llano Estacado and the Panhandle High Plains
• The North Central Plains
• The Trans-Pecos Desert, a subdivision of the Chihuahuan Desert, in extreme western Texas, west of the Pecos River