Southwestern Tablelands

Southwestern Tablelands
Central Great Plains (area 26 on the map)
Ecology
RealmNearctic
Borders
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  • Western High Plains to the north and south of the Southwestern Tablelands corridor
  • Central Great Plains to the east
  • Southern Rockies to the northwest
  • Arizona/New Mexico Plateau a very small portion to the central west
  • Arizona/New Mexico Mountains and Chihuahuan Desert to the south-southwest
  • Edwards Plateau to the southeast
  • Central Great Plains to the east
Bird species[1]
Mammal species[1]
Geography
CountryUnited States
StateColorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
Climate typeCold semi-arid

The southwestern tablelands comprise an ecoregion running from east-central to south-east Colorado, east-central and a small portion of eastern New Mexico, some eastern portions of the Oklahoma Panhandle, far south-central Kansas, and portions of northwest Texas. This ecoregion has a "cold semiarid" climate (Köppen BSk). Some years, a National Weather Service dust storm warning is issued in parts of Texas due to a dust storm originating from the lower part of the Southwestern Tablelands ecological region or from the southern end of the Western High Plains ecological region.[2]

Included cities

Environment

Flora

In the northwestern region, the prevalent vegetation consists of grasses of the shortgrass prairie ecosystem and sagebrush.

Fauna

See also

  • List of ecoregions in the United States (EPA)
  • List of ecoregions in the United States (WWF)

References

  1. ^ a b c d Hoekstra, J. M.; Molnar, J. L.; Jennings, M.; Revenga, C.; Spalding, M. D.; Boucher, T. M.; Robertson, J. C.; Heibel, T. J.; Ellison, K. (2010). Molnar, J. L. (ed.). The Atlas of Global Conservation: Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities to Make a Difference. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-26256-0.
  2. ^ Dust storm#Dust storm visibility of 1.2F4 mile or less.2C or meters or less

External links

  • Native Prairies Association of Texas (NPAT)
  • NPAT protected prairies
  • The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
  • Connemara Conservancy
  • Soil Physics at Oklahoma State
  • Weeds of the Blackland Prairie
  • Texas counties map showing the ecoregion
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