In the middle of flat land, there is a canyon. It is located in Texas. Do you know the name and location of this canyon?
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Mini Canyon?
“Everything is bigger in Texas” so it must be the Grandiose Canyon.
I wanna say Texas Canyon however,
Texas Canyon is located in Cochise County, Arizona about 20 miles east of Benson, AZ on I-10 and lies between the Little Dragoon Mountains on the north and the Dragoon Mountains to the south.
so that is not it. hehe.
If it is close to San Antonio Texas, Just a bit north and east of San Antonio and south of Austin TX, then it might be the Guadalupe River and Honey Creek.
But there must be 100 public state and federal parks in texas. Texas is huge.
Palo Duro Canyon?
Looks like Ransom Canyon, located 5-10 miles east of Lubbock.
Sam in Lubbock
just enter Google Earth and find it…
I’m sorry — I’m not sure I see a canyon. What are you guys talking about??
Yes, these are real “canyons” just outside Lubbock (southeast). On the left is Ransom Canyon (exclusive settlement just outside Lubbock) and on the Buffalo Springs (Buffalo Lake). This picture is taken (by Paul I assume) looking south.
Lubbock sits right in the middle of an extensive flat area called the Southern High Plains. The socalled Caprock is at around 3000 feet at Lubbock. Elevation increases slowly north east and we are around 4000 feet in the northern region. The Southern High Plains are bounded by escarpments on the east, west and southern side. Occationally, you will find canyons that rivers have cut through the caprock. Several other canyons are cut into the caprock such as Blanco Canyon, Palo Duro and Caprock Canyon.
The high elevation gives Lubbock an arid climate with hot but dry summers.
For a another view of these canyons go to Google Earth.
Sincerely,
Dr. Karlsson
Associate Prof. Dept. of Geosciences, TTU
Member of the SPICE Group