Sub-regions, major cities and points of interest.Amarillo
Lubbock Carson County Square House Museum. |
ClimateExtremely dry,
Cold winters and very hot summers.
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Vocabulary
Llano estacado : or the Staked Plains, is a region
in the Southwestern United States that encompasses
parts of the eastern New Mexico an northwestern Texas.
Palo Duro Canyon : a canyon system of the Caprock Escarpment
located in the Texas Panhandle near the city of Amarillo,
Edward Plateau : lies to the south of the high plains
in the Southwestern United States that encompasses
parts of the eastern New Mexico an northwestern Texas.
Palo Duro Canyon : a canyon system of the Caprock Escarpment
located in the Texas Panhandle near the city of Amarillo,
Edward Plateau : lies to the south of the high plains