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Edwards Plateau: Hill Country
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The Balcones scarp line is the frayed and ragged coastward border of the Edwards Plateau. From the more open and level lower country it appears as a sharp line of timber covered hills, and these are universally called "mountains" by the people of the region. It commences near the northern line of Travis County and continues a little south of west, through Travis, Rays, Comal, Bexar, Medina, Uvalde, and Kinney, to Valverde County, where it meets the Rio Grande. Near Austin its highest summits are about 400 feet above the margin of the lower plain; in Uvalde County, nearly 1,000 feet.
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Thirteen expeditions were made to the upper Frio-Sabinal Rivers area of the Edwards Plateau, popularly known as "The Hill Country", between March 1988 and April 1996. The study covered localities in adjacent parts of Real, Bandera and Uvalde counties bounded by 29°25-55'N and 99°20-50/W. Observations were made over 224 h during 160 days at five main study sites (Fig. 1), from 243 linear transects on 15
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CPD Site NA32: Dense growth of shrubs and small trees on a rocky slope near Fredricksburg, in the Texas Hill Country of the southern and eastern margins of the Edwards Plateau. Photo: John Shaw/NHPA.
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The area north and west of the aquifer is called the Edwards Plateau or more commonly, the Texas Hill Country. Portions of this area serve as the catchment or drainage area of the aquifer.
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