Rivers and cities of Texas

1. Rivers and cities of Texas

2. Major Rivers of Texas Rivers of Texas • _Rio Grande_______ • _Red River________ • _Sabine River_____ • _Neches River_____ • _Nueces River_____ • _Trinity River______ • _San Jacinto River__ • _Brazos River______ • _Colorado River____ • _Lavaca River______ • _Guadalupe River__ • _San Antonio River_ • **_Pecos River_____ • **_Canadian River__ ** - These two rivers are not streets in downtown Austin Canadian River Red River Trinity River Brazos River Colorado River Neches River Sabine River San Jacinto River Pecos River Guadalupe River San Antonio River Nueces River Rio Grande • The San Jacinto Battle Caused Lots of Grief for Santa Anna Lavaca River

3. How am I EVER going to remember all those rivers for the quiz????? • Label the border rivers FIRST (they should be the easiest!) • Label the “Two N” rivers NEXT… Neches R. and Nueces R. (remember- they are alphabetical from east to west) • Learn this saying to remember the rest of the rivers. If you use the first letter of each of these words, they should help you remember the rivers from east to west • The San Jacinto Battle Caused Lots of Grief for Santa Anna • Fill in the last two rivers (Pecos and Canadian) last

4. Important Texas Cities Important Texas Cities • _Austin__________ • _El Paso__________ • _Laredo__________ • _Brownsville_______ • _Corpus Christi_____ • _Galveston________ • _Houston_________ • _Dallas___________ • 9. _Fort Worth________ • 0._Amarillo_________ • 1. _Lubbock_________ • 2. _San Antonio______ Canadian River Amarillo Red River Lubbock Dallas Fort Worth Trinity River Brazos River Colorado River El Paso Neches River Sabine River San Jacinto River Pecos River Austin Guadalupe River San Antonio River Houston Galveston San Antonio Nueces River Rio Grande Corpus Christi Laredo Lavaca River Brownsville