Chapter 3 Regions of Texas

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Across
  1. 1. breadbasket of the world
  2. 3. borders much of the Mountain and Basins region
  3. 5. a sunken area in a plateau found between mountain ranges
  4. 7. largest city in Texas
  5. 8. any substance made from petroleum or natural gas
  6. 9. the wearing away of Earth's surface by the movement of water, wind, ice and gravity
  7. 11. factory in Mexico that assembles parts made in the U.S. and elsewhere into products for export
  8. 12. a flat-topped hill, smaller than a mesa
  9. 14. an area that is unified by one or more characteristics
  10. 15. a period of lower than normal precipitation
  11. 17. a type of oil that is the source for gasoline
  12. 18. two separate belts of forestland makeup this subregion of Texas
Down
  1. 2. large scale farming including production, processing, and distribution
  2. 4. this desert receives little rainfall and is located in the Mountains and Basins region
  3. 6. one of the largest military installations in the country
  4. 10. a deep passage or pathway
  5. 11. a small, high plateau
  6. 12. National Park located on the bend of the Rio Grande
  7. 13. a manufacturing and tourist town in the Cross Timbers
  8. 16. the business of attracting visitors to a region or place