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154 TEXAS ALMANAC -1947-1948
is known as the Hill Country. Many streams,
fed by innumerable springs from the Edwards
limestone, flow across and from the edge of
the plateau. Cypress trees are found along
many of these streams Good cover, sparse
settlement and co-operation of landowners
with game-enforcement authorities have in-
creased deer, wild turkeys and other game
until this is now the principal hunting ground
of Texas.
IV. TRANS-PECOS TEXAS
The extension of Texas west of the Pecos is
a high plateau traversed from northwest to
southeast by ranges of mountains which are
part of the Rockies in the United States and
become the Sierra Madre Oriental in Mexico.
Principal subdivisions of the Trans-Pecos are
as follows:
1. Stockton Plateau. A Trans-Pecos exten-
sion of the Edwards Plateau, this area is a
rolling to broken plain extending eastward
from the, Davis Mountains Elevation 2,000 to
4,000 feet.
2. Big Bend. This is the area within the
southward swing of the Rio Grande below
Marfa and Alpine Elevation of plateau from
2 000 feet at Rio Grande to 4.500 in northern
part with mountains rising to more than 7.000
feet, Chisos being principal range. Some of
the most striking terrain in Texas is found in
the Chisos and other mountain ranges Santa
Elena, Boquillas and other canyons along Rio
Grande. Yucca, lechuguilla. greasewood, oco-
tillo, cacti, guayule, candillila and some
coarse grasses on lexel plateau lands Pine
oak and jumnipers of Pacific and Rocky Moun-
tain varieties in Chisos Mountains The Big
Bend National Park includes more than 700,-
000 acres.
3 Davis Mountain Area. This small region,
confined largely to Jeff Davis County, is one
of the three outstanding mountain areas of
the Trans-Pecos. the Chisos and Guadalupe
Mountains being the other tvo Elevation of
plateau 4,000 to 5 000 feet with mountains
rising to maximum of 8 382 feet in Mount
Lil ermore. second highest in Texas Pine.
oak, other timbers in mountains Cattle prin-
cipal industry, this being center of Highland
Hereford cattle industry
4 Diablo Plateau or Bolson. A tableland
without drainage to sea between Guadalupe
and Hueco Mountains Elevation 3 500 to 5 000
feet Rainfall 7 to 8 Inches Guadalupe Peak
on east, 8.751 feet highest in Texas Drain-
age into Salt Flats at foot of Guadalupe
Mountains Hueco Tanks in Hueco Mountains
historic watering place Sotol, lechuguilla,
cacti and other desert growth except in Guad-
alupe Mountains where pine, oak, Douglas fir
and other forest trees of Rocky Mountain
varieties are found.
5 Upper Rio Grande Valley. Tip of Texas
lying west of Hueco Mountains. Elevation3,500 to 4,000 feet with mountains rising to
more than 7,000. Desert growth on uplands.
About 75,000 acres in Rio Grande Valley irri-
gated from Elephant Butte Dam in New
Mexico.
PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS OF TEXAS.
The area of Texas consists of 263,644 square
miles of land and 3,695 square miles of water
surface, a total of 267,339. (See p. 122.)
The longest straight-line distance in a gen-
eral north-south direction is 801 miles from
the southern tip near Brownsville to the
northwest corner of the Panhandle. The
greatest general east-west distance is 773
miles from the extreme eastward bend of the
Sabine in Newton County to the extreme
westward bulge of the Rio Grande in El Paso
County.
The extremes of latitude and longitude are
as follows From Long. 93 31' W. at the
extreme eastward point of the Sabine Rivei
on the east line of Newton County to Long.
106 38' W. at the extreme westward bulge
of the boundary on the west line of El Paso
County; and from Lat. 25 50' N. at the
extreme southern turn of the Rio Grande on
the south line of Cameron County to Lat
36 30' N. along the northern boundary of
the Panhandle.
In elevation above mean sea level the state
varies from sea level to 8,751 feet, altitude
at the top of Guadalupe Mountain in Culber-
son County.
Texas Boundary Line.
The boundary of Texas by segments, in-
cluding only larger river bends and only the
great arc of the coast line, is as follows
Miles
Rio Grande.............................. 8890
Coast line .. ............................ 370 0
Sabine Rider, Lake and Pass.............. 180 0ii
Sabine River to Red River ............... 106 5
ted Riaer ..... ........................ 4800
East Panhandle line ..................... 133 6
North Panhandle line ..................... 167 0
West Panhandle line...................... 310 2
Along 32d parallel ....................... 209 0
Total ....................... ...... ...2,845 3
Following the smaller meanderings of the riders
and the tidewater coast line, the following are the
boundary measurements
Miles
Sabine Rider, Lake and Pass ...............292
Red Rier ................................ 726
Rio Grande................ ............1,569
'Coast line (tidewater) ..................... 624
The five line segments given above.......... 926
Total, including line segments given in
table above ..........................4,137
"While the tidewater coast line is given as 624
miles, the entire coast line measured in steps of
one mile is 973 miles for the mainland and 709
miles for the islandsThirty-Two Years of Service
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DALLAS
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