West Texas
Midland and Odessa
West Texas is the western portion of the U.S. state of Texas, a vast and sparsely populated region characterized by arid landscapes, desert terrain, and oil fields.
The area includes cities like El Paso, Midland, and Odessa, and is known for ranching, petroleum production, and distinctive wide-open spaces.
West Texas has a cultural identity distinct from the rest of the state, often evoking images of rugged independence and frontier spirit.
- cattle ranchingRaising bovines commercially
- oil boomPetroleum industry expansion period
- oil drillingBoring for underground fuel
- cowboy cultureHeritage of cattle ranchers
- Big BendSouthwestern national park
cotton farming · crude oil · fracking · wind farms · border country · Rio Grande · desert sunsets · irrigation systems · shale gas · grazing lands · wildlife preserves · limestone quarries · tumbleweeds · rodeo · honky tonk · wind energy · ranches · barbed wire
- Permian BasinOdessa, oil fields, oil wells, oil rigs, pump jacks
- PermianPermian extinction, Pangaea, Dimetrodon, Gondwana, supercontinent
- Texas PlacesAustin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, Fort Worth
West TexasEast Texas
Lone Star's forested corner
Gulf Coast · Central Texas · Rio Grande Valley · South Texas · Golden Triangle
West TexasPacific Northwest
Coastal American region, northward
the Everglades · New England · Appalachia · Vermont · Louisiana swamps
West TexasManhattan
NYC's densest borough
New York City · Los Angeles · Silicon Valley · Boston · Chicago