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Vegetation
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The plant life of an area.
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Lowlands
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Land with an elevation just above sea level.
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Piney Woods
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The wettest of the five areas that make up the Coastal plain of Texas.
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Prairie
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Flat or gently rolling land thickly covered with grasses and wildflowers.
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Corpus Christi Bay
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Narrow body of water leading to the Gulf of Mexico, located in southern Texas.
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Metropolitan areas
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A city and its suburbs together.
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Dallas
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City in northeastern Texas.
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Austin
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Capital of Texas, located in the south-central part of the state.
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Ports
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A place where ships load and unload their goods.
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Industries
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All the businesses that make one kind of product or provide one kind of service.
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Mesas
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A flat landform that rises steeply above the surrounding land; smaller than a plateau.
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Buttes
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A flat-topped hill, smaller than a mesa.
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Ranches
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A large area of land used to raise cattle, sheep, or horses.
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Wichita Falls
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City in north central Texas.
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Abilene
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City located in northwestern Texas.
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