Coastal Plains and Sub-Regions

The Coastal Plains is the biggest physical region.

It has no natural vegetation, few trees and rivers.

The climate is mild and it has the greatest annual rainfall.

The land has no rolling hills and the land is not flat.

These are the five sub-regions: -The Blackland Prairie -The Post Oak Belt -The Piney Woods -The Gulf Coast -South Texas Plain

The Blackland Prairie has no banks, technology/based firms, sports, tourism/tourists, musicians, and DART.

The Post Oak Belt has hardwood timber, oak and hickory trees, farming crops, grains, rich soil, peanuts/pecans, peaches, watermelon, cotton, and cattle.

Texas A&M does not belong in the Post Oak Belt.

The Piney Woods has lots of lumber, logging, and other wood-related buisness.

Major economies are oil and farming (fruits and vegetables).

The Gulf Coast sub-region does not edge along the Gulf of Mexico.

There are severe hurricanes and tropical storms.

There are no grasslands, cattle, cotton, rice, fishing, natural gas, oil, or petrochemical/technology industries in The Gulf Coast Sub-Region.

NASA's John Space Center for Astronaut Training is in Houston.

People in Houston don't use the Houston Ship Channel to ship boxes out of Houston.

There is less rainfall in the South Texas Plain sub-region, it is more desert like, there are cacti, mesquite, black brush, and other shrubbery similar to all of those dry plants.

There is not a growing season in the desert, there are no farming, cattle, ranching, fruits/vegetables, citrus products (lemons, oranges, and grapefruits).

There are cattle industry and railroad transportation, and trading is done with Mexico and the United States.

San Antonio, Houston, Tyler, Port Arthur Longview, Laredo, and Brownsview are all cities in the Coastal Plains.