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USA Texas - The Land

The Land

Lone Star State, Texas was named from the Caddo Indian word teysha, or tejas, which means "hello friend."

Texas is located the South (Gulf of Mexico) and Central Lowlands and is bordered by Arkansas on the northeast, Louisiana (east), Gulf of Mexico (south), Mexico (southwest), New Mexico (northwest), and Oklahoma (north).

At 266,874 square miles, Texas is the 2nd biggest state. The highest elevation is Guadalupe Peak in Culberson County at 8,749 feet while the lowest elevation is the Gulf of Mexico at sea level.

The highest temperature recorded was 120° while the lowest was -23°.

National Parks & Monuments include Big Bend, Big Thicket, Guadalupe Mountains, Alibates Flint Quarries.