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Caprock — For the region near Texas, see Caprock, Texas. Caprock is a geological term for a harder or more resistant rock type overlying a weaker or less resistant rock type. Common types of caprock are sandstone and ultramafic rock types. In processes… … Wikipedia
Caprock Canyons State Park and Trailway — is a Texas state park on the Caprock Escarpment in Briscoe County, Texas, United States, approximately 100 miles (160 km) southeast of Amarillo. The state park opened in 1982 and is 15,313.6 acres (56.5 km²) in size, making it the third largest… … Wikipedia
Texas Panhandle — Der Texas Panhandle (wörtlich: Texas Pfannenstiel) ist eine Region des US amerikanischen Staates Texas, bestehend aus den 26 nördlichsten Countys. Der Panhandle ist ein rechteckiges Areal, das im Westen an den Bundesstaat New Mexico sowie im… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Caprock Chief — The Caprock Chief or Caprock Xpress was a proposed Amtrak inter city rail service which would run from Fort Worth, Texas to Denver, Colorado, passing through the Texas Panhandle, which currently does not have passenger rail service of any kind.… … Wikipedia
Caprock Escarpment — Escarpement du Caprock Fichier:Caprock Escarpment.jpg L escarpement du Caprock L Escarpement du Caprock (Caprock Escarpment en anglais) est une ligne géographique et géologique au Texas qui marque la transition entre les Hautes Plaines et la… … Wikipédia en Français
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Caprock Escarpment — The Caprock Escarpment is a geographical transition point in Texas between the High Plains/ Llano Estacado to the west and the North Central Plains to the east. The escarpment stretches around 320 km (200 mi) south southwest from the northeast… … Wikipedia
Caprock Escarpment — ▪ geological feature, Texas, United States geological feature, Texas, U.S., that forms a natural transition between the High Plains (west) and the western edge of the North Central Plains (east). It forms the eastern border of the semiarid… … Universalium
texas — /tek seuhs/, n. U.S. Naut. 1. a deckhouse on a texas deck for the accommodation of officers. 2. See texas deck. [1855 60; after TEXAS, from the fact that the officers accommodation was the most spacious on the Mississippi steamboats, on which… … Universalium
Texas — Texan, Texian /tek see euhn/, adj., n. /tek seuhs/, n. a state in the S United States. 14,228,383; 267,339 sq. mi. (692,410 sq. km). Cap.: Austin. Abbr.: Tex., TX (for use with zip code). * * * I State (pop., 2000: 20,851,820), southwestern U.S.… … Universalium
