Tuesday, May 8, 2007

The Edward's Plateau of Central Texas

(Edward's Plateau Paintin http://www.malzahnart.com/gallery.html)

The Edwards Plateau is mostly used for
The Edward's plateau is mostly limestone at elevations of 100ft to 3000ft. It lacks deep soil. It is bounded by the balcones fault to the south and east, the llano uplift, the plains to the north and the precos river.

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/books/landscapes/publications/txu-oclc-27281517/txu-oclc-27281517-201.html
(map) http://soilphysics.okstate.edu/S257/south/mlra/81.htm


(map) http://www.nmnh.si.edu/botany/projects/cpd/na/map8.htm

(Cow Photo http://waterhome.brc.tamus.edu/projects/fhsites.html)

The Edward's Plateau is mainly used for grazing cattle. Besides its shallow soil, it also has very little water making it poor land for farming.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwards_Plateau
http://soilphysics.okstate.edu/S257/south/mlra/81.htm

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