West Texas

==Climate==
West Texas receives much less rainfall than the rest of Texas and has an arid or semiarid climate, requiring most of its scant agriculture to depend heavily on irrigation.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bubenik|first=Travis|date=2018-04-15|title=Texas Could Look Increasingly Like West Texas, Climate Study Says|url=https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2018/04/15/278952/texas-could-look-increasingly-like-west-texas-climate-study-says/|access-date=2020-10-20|website=Houston Public Media|language=en-US}}</ref> Northern portions of the area are irrigated with water from underground sources, such as the [[Ogallala Aquifer]]. Irrigation withdrawal, and water taken out farther north for the needs of El Paso and [[Ciudad Juárez|Juarez, Mexico]], have reduced the [[Rio Grande]] to a stream in some places, even dry at times.  

Parts of West Texas have rugged terrain, including many small mountain ranges, while most parts of the state are closer to sea level. The northern parts of West Texas (notably the Panhandle) and the higher elevations of the mountain ranges of the Trans-Pecos region are prone to occasional heavy snowfall during winter, whereas snow is less common in other areas of West Texas.

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File:Guadalupe Mountains El Capitan 2006.jpg|[[Guadalupe Mountains]]
File:Davis Mts Nima (2).JPG|[[Davis Mountains]]
File:Big Bend National Park PB122635.jpg|[[Chisos Mountains]]
File:North-franklin-south-tx1.jpg|[[Franklin Mountains (Texas)|Franklin Mountains]]
File:Big Bend National Park PB112564.jpg|[[Cañón de Santa Elena Flora and Fauna Protection Area|Santa Elena Canyon]]
File:Palo Duro Canyon State Park 2002.jpg|[[Palo Duro Canyon]]
File:Caprock Canyons Butte 2005.jpg|[[Caprock Canyons]]
File:Rita Blanca National Grassland.jpg|[[Rita Blanca National Grassland]]
File:Monahans Sandhills at Sunrise.jpg|[[Monahans Sandhills State Park]]
File:Caprock Escarpment Garza County Texas 2010.jpg|[[Llano Estacado]]
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