Southwestern Tablelands

The southwestern tablelands is an ecoregion running from east-central to south-east Colorado, east-central and a small portion of east New Mexico, some eastern portions of the Oklahoma Panhandle, far south-central Kansas and portions of northwest Texas. This ecoregion has a "cold semi-arid" climate (Köppen BSk). Some years, a National Weather Service warning is issued in parts of Texas due to a dust storm originating from the lower part of the Southwestern Tablelands ecological region or from the southern end of the Western High Plains ecological region.[2]

Southwestern Tablelands
Central Great Plains (area 26 on the map)
Ecology
Realm	Nearctic
Borders	List Western High Plains to the north and south of the Southwestern Tablelands corridor Central Great Plains to the east Southern Rockies to the northwest Arizona/New Mexico Plateau a very small portion to the central west Arizona/New Mexico Mountains and Chihuahuan Desert to the south-southwest Edwards Plateau to the southeast Central Great Plains to the east
Bird species	[1]
Mammal species	[1]
Geography
Country	United States
State	Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas

Included cities

• The Canadian River, north of Amarillo, Texas, is the central corridor of the Southwestern Tablelands.
• Snyder, Texas
• La Junta, Colorado
• the western edge is near Pueblo, Colorado and

Albuquerque, New Mexico

• the northern edge is south of Dodge City, Kansas
• the eastern edge is west of Woodward, Oklahoma

Environment

Flora

In the northwestern region, the prevalent vegetation consists of grasses of the shortgrass prairie ecosystem and sagebrush.

Fauna

See also

• Dust storms
• List of ecoregions in the United States (EPA)
• List of ecoregions in the United States (WWF)

References

1. Hoekstra, J. M.; Molnar, J. L.; Jennings, M.; Revenga, C.; Spalding, M. D.; Boucher, T. M.; Robertson, J. C.; Heibel, T. J.; Ellison, K. (2010). Molnar, J. L. (ed.). The Atlas of Global Conservation: Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities to Make a Difference. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-26256-0.
2. Dust storm#Dust storm visibility of 1.2F4 mile or less.2C or meters or less

External links

• Native Prairies Association of Texas (NPAT)
• NPAT protected prairies
• The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
• Connemara Conservancy
• Soil Physics at Oklahoma State
• Weeds of the Blackland Prairie
• Texas counties map showing the ecoregion