West Texas

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geographic region of Texas region

West Texas is a vast, sparsely populated region of Texas characterized by arid landscapes, oil and gas production, and a strong ranching and cowboy culture.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
West Texas canonical 103
western Texas 9
Far West Texas 7

Statements (104)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region of Texas ⓘ
region ⓘ
borders Chihuahua ⓘ
Coahuila ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
climate dry ⓘ
low annual rainfall ⓘ
contains Abilene metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Abilene

Alpine ⓘ
Andrews ⓘ
Big Bend National Park ⓘ
Big Bend National Park ⓘ
surface form: Big Bend region

Big Spring ⓘ
Davis Mountains ⓘ
El Paso ⓘ
Fort Davis ⓘ
Fort Stockton ⓘ
Guadalupe Mountains ⓘ
Guadalupe Mountains National Park ⓘ
Llano Estacado ⓘ
Lubbock ⓘ
Marfa ⓘ
Midland ⓘ
Monahans ⓘ
Monahans ⓘ
surface form: Monahans Sandhills State Park

Odessa ⓘ
Palo Duro Canyon ⓘ
surface form: Palo Duro Canyon region (southern extent debated)

Pecos, Texas ⓘ
surface form: Pecos

Pecos River ⓘ
Permian Basin ⓘ
Rio Grande segments ⓘ
San Angelo, Texas ⓘ
surface form: San Angelo

Seminole ⓘ
Snyder ⓘ
Sweetwater ⓘ
West Texas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Trans-Pecos region
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hasCharacteristic Spanish and Mexican cultural influences ⓘ
arid climate ⓘ
big sky views ⓘ
canyons ⓘ
conservative political culture ⓘ
cowboy culture ⓘ
desert landscapes ⓘ
dust storms ⓘ
frontier heritage ⓘ
gas-producing region ⓘ
hot summers ⓘ
large ranches ⓘ
long driving distances between towns ⓘ
low population density ⓘ
mesas ⓘ
mild winters ⓘ
oil fields ⓘ
oil-producing region ⓘ
plateaus ⓘ
pumpjacks ⓘ
ranching culture ⓘ
rural communities ⓘ
semi-arid climate ⓘ
sparsely populated ⓘ
strong religious traditions ⓘ
vast land area ⓘ
wide open spaces ⓘ
wind farms ⓘ
knownFor WTI crude oil futures ⓘ
surface form: West Texas Intermediate crude oil benchmark

West Texas twang accent ⓘ
West Texas wind ⓘ
college football culture ⓘ
country music traditions ⓘ
oil boom-and-bust cycles ⓘ
rodeo events ⓘ
starry night skies ⓘ
sunsets ⓘ
wide open highways ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Texas ⓘ
majorIndustry cattle ranching ⓘ
cotton farming ⓘ
goat ranching ⓘ
natural gas production ⓘ
oil production ⓘ
ranching ⓘ
sheep ranching ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
wind energy ⓘ
partOf western United States ⓘ
surface form: Western United States
terrain canyons ⓘ
desert basins ⓘ
high plains ⓘ
mountain ranges ⓘ
timeZone Central Time Zone ⓘ
surface form: Central Time Zone (most areas)

Mountain Time Zone ⓘ
surface form: Mountain Time Zone (far western areas including El Paso)
transportation Interstate 10 ⓘ
Interstate 20 ⓘ
Interstate 27 ⓘ
U.S. Route 180 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 285 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 62 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 84 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 87 NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Route 90 ⓘ

Referenced by (129)

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eastern New Mexico → borders → West Texas ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern New Mexico
El Paso → locatedIn → West Texas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Far West Texas
Interstate 20 → passesThrough → West Texas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Midland–Odessa region, Texas
Texas Tech Red Raiders football team → region → West Texas ⓘ
Texas's 11th congressional district → locatedIn → West Texas ⓘ
Texas Panhandle → partOf → West Texas ⓘ
Abilene, Texas, United States → locatedInRegion → West Texas ⓘ
subject surface form: Abilene, Texas
Pampa, Texas, United States → region → West Texas ⓘ
subject surface form: Pampa, Texas
Texas's 16th congressional district → locatedIn → West Texas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Far West Texas
West Texas → contains → West Texas self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trans-Pecos region
Texas (to the south and southeast via the Red River region) → hasRegion → West Texas ⓘ
subject surface form: Texas
Texas's 19th congressional district → locatedIn → West Texas ⓘ
El Paso Chihuahuas → region → West Texas ⓘ
Crosbyton, Texas, United States → locatedIn → West Texas ⓘ
subject surface form: Crosbyton, Texas
Crosbyton, Texas, United States → partOf → West Texas ⓘ
subject surface form: Crosbyton, Texas
El Paso International Airport → servesRegion → West Texas ⓘ
El Paso County → locatedIn → West Texas ⓘ
this entity surface form: western Texas
UTEP Miners football team → region → West Texas ⓘ
Fort Union National Monument (historic fort resources) → servedRegion → West Texas ⓘ
subject surface form: Fort Union National Monument
Episcopal Diocese of Northwest Texas → regionServed → West Texas ⓘ
this entity surface form: northwest Texas
Greater Texas region → includesSubregion → West Texas ⓘ
Texas College of Mines and Metallurgy → regionServed → West Texas ⓘ
El Paso Locomotive FC → region → West Texas ⓘ
Shafter, Texas, United States → locatedIn → West Texas ⓘ
subject surface form: Shafter, Texas
Southern Plains → includesRegion → West Texas ⓘ
this entity surface form: western Texas
Hardin–Simmons University → regionServed → West Texas ⓘ
Sheriff Ed Tom Bell in No Country for Old Men → locatedIn → West Texas ⓘ
subject surface form: Sheriff Ed Tom Bell
God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State → hasSubjectPlace → West Texas ⓘ
Midland, Texas, United States → locatedInRegion → West Texas ⓘ
subject surface form: Midland, Texas
J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts → region → West Texas ⓘ
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center → regionServed → West Texas ⓘ
College of Arts & Sciences → regionServed → West Texas ⓘ
Jornada branch → locatedIn → West Texas ⓘ
this entity surface form: west Texas
Big Bend National Park → locatedIn → West Texas ⓘ
this entity surface form: southwest Texas
Mescalero Apache → traditionalTerritory → West Texas ⓘ
this entity surface form: west Texas
Del Rio → locatedInRegion → West Texas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southwestern Texas
KENW-TV → servesRegion → West Texas ⓘ
this entity surface form: western Texas
Odessa, Texas → locatedInRegion → West Texas ⓘ
Permian Basin → locatedIn → West Texas ⓘ
this entity surface form: western Texas
Permian Basin → region → West Texas ⓘ
Deaf Smith County → region → West Texas ⓘ
Kent County → locatedIn → West Texas ⓘ
Kent County → locatedInCensusRegion → West Texas ⓘ
Kent County → isInCountrySubdivision → West Texas ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Texas region
Loving County → locatedIn → West Texas ⓘ
Plainview → region → West Texas ⓘ
subject surface form: Plainview, Texas
Culberson County → locatedIn → West Texas ⓘ
Littlefield, Texas, United States → locatedIn → West Texas ⓘ
subject surface form: Littlefield, Texas
McMurry University → region → West Texas ⓘ
West Texas Fair & Rodeo → region → West Texas ⓘ