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	Veni's Geology of Friedrich Park
		The structure in Bexar County is dominated by the Balcones Fault Zone.
		The Balcones Escarpment is a result of this faulting and is the most dominant and well recognized structural feature in central Texas.
		Balcones faulting probably began near the end of the Cretaceous Period about 65 million years ago, but most of the movement occurred in the early Miocene Epoch about 20 million years ago.
	www.sanaturalareas.org /fp/structure.html (429 words)

	escarpment - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Escarpment, steep cliff or slope formed by a fault or by erosion.
		A fault escarpment is formed by a fault,...
		Balcones Escarpment, escarpment, prominent geological feature of south-central Texas named after an early explorer of the region.
	au.encarta.msn.com /escarpment.html (121 words)

	"FLOODING ALONG THE BALCONES ESCARPMENT, CENTRAL TEXAS"
		The Balcones Escarpment area, comprising parts of the Edwards Plateau, Hill Country, and northern and westernmost Coastal Plains (fig.
		The Balcones Escarpment area has steep, sparsely-vegetated slopes, narrow valleys, thin upland soils on limestone bedrock, and, in the Coastal Plains, soils with low-infiltration capacity (Baker, 1975, 1976, 1977; Patton and Baker, 1976) (fig.
		A recent example of urban flooding in the Balcones Escarpment area is the "Memorial Day" flood of May 24 to 25, 1981, in Austin, Travis County (fig.
	www.lib.utexas.edu /geo/balcones_escarpment/pages1-14.html (5771 words)

	SECTION VIII (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Balcones Escarpment is broadly convex to the south, and extends in a curvilinear arc from southwest to northeast across Texas.
		Kendall County topography is thus dominated by the watershed landforms that characteristically crosscut the upper Balcones Escarpment.
		Kendall County, outlined in bold dark red, is situated within the transition between the brown-colored highlands of the Edwards Plateau, and the green-colored lowland coastal plains to the south.
	www.cibolo.org /parks/plan02.htm (392 words)

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		It is bordered on the south and east by the Balcones Escarpment...
		It lies north of the rugged hills which characterize the Balcones Escarpment and south of the sandy south plains (11) and the Permian Redlands (13).
		The eastern edge of the Edwards Plateau and of the Central Texas section is marked by the long ridge known as the Balcones Escarpment.
	www.lycos.com /info/edwards-plateau--balcones-escarpment.html (477 words)

	Escarpment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Most commonly, an escarpment, also called a scarp (from the German word scharf meaning sharp), is a transition from one series of sedimentary rocks to another series of a different age and composition.
		In England escarpments are found in a diagonal line across the country from the Yorkshire coast on the North Sea to the Hampshire coast on the English Channel.
		There the features of an escarpment include the scarp slope (the leading edge); the dip slope, dry valleys, coombes (both found in chalk downland), and clay vales occur on the side away from the scarp.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Escarpment (438 words)

	lab exercises
		The Balcones Escarpment separates the uplifted region to the northwest of the Balcones Fault Zone from the subsided region to the southeast (Fig.
		The resulting escarpment that extends in a northsouth line in West Texas and the Panhandle is the Caprock Escarpment (Fig.
		To the west, the Llano Estacado is bounded by the Mescalero escarpment, overlooking the Pecos Valley (Fig.
	courses.unt.edu /hwilliams/GEOG_3350/lab_exercises.htm (907 words)

	Texas Monthly: Read Me. Texas
		It is the Balcones that creates the Hill Country, that sets the stage for the Edwards Plateau and the High Plains beyond.
		But of course the escarpment was there long before human beings came and parceled themselves out along its boundaries.
		The escarpment served as a trap for the weather masses that moved in from the Gulf, and as a result the rainfall along the fault zone was intense, eroding the soil along the new stream channels and declivities it carved in the bedrock.
	www.texasmonthly.com /ranch/readme/balcones.php (763 words)

	Balcones Fault - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Balcones Fault is a zone of normal faulting in Texas (USA) that runs approximately from the southwest part of the state to the north central region.
		The Balcones Fault zone is not active today, and is in one of the lowest risk zones for earthquakes in the United States.
		The surface expression of the fault is the Balcones Escarpment, which forms the eastern boundary of the Texas Hill Country and the western boundary of the Texas Coastal Plain and consists of cliffs and cliff-like structures.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Balcones_Escarpment (309 words)

	Balcones Chapter, Austin, Texas, DAR Homepage
		The Balcones Chapter helps to support the Tamassee School through financial contributions and other means, such as collection of Campbell's soup labels, that can be redeemed by the school for needed supplies.
		In the patriotic enthusiasm prior to America’s Bicentennial, Balcones Chapter NSDAR was organized October 17 1975.
		The Balcones Escarpment with its “balcones” of limestone cliffs, created by geologic faults and water erosion, dominates the Austin landscape and provides scenic vistas for all to enjoy.
	www.texasdar.org /chapters/Balcones (724 words)

	Technical Attachments - National Weather Service Forecast Office - WFO, Austin/San Antonio, Texas Forecast Page
		The Balcones Escarpment marks the southern and eastern edge of the Texas Hill Country.
		River valleys cut into the escarpment on the southern edge along the Nueces, the Frio, and the Sabinal rivers, all of which have their headwaters in the Hill Country.
		The river valley enhancement and meso-low development are terrain induced and, on the basis of this admittedly small sample, appear to develop in a consistent and uniform manner with the majority (75% and 88% respectively) of squall line events that move across South Central Texas.
	www.srh.noaa.gov /ewx/html/attach/apr/esc/escarp.htm (2104 words)

	Hydrogeology of the Edwards Aquifer
		Escarpment is the topographic expression the Balcones Fault, the most pronounced of the faults caused by the great weight of sediments being carried onto the limestone plateau.
		Below the Escarpment is the flland prairie of the Gulf Coast where agriculture and urban uses are dominant, while above the Escarpment lies the Texas Hill Country where ranching and grazing are common.
		Property on the Balcones Escarpment, especially where it runs through northern San Antonio and western Austin, is highly valued for its rugged Hill Country beauty and lovely views of the city lights.
	www.edwardsaquifer.net /geology.html (4443 words)

	SOS Alliance: Protecting Barton Springs, the Edwards Aquifer, and its Hill Country watershed. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Balcones Escarpment is the topographic expression the Balcones Fault, the most pronounced of the faults caused by the great weight of sediments being carried onto the limestone plateau.
		Down stream and to the south east of the Escarpment is the flland prairie of the Gulf Coast, where agriculture and urban uses are dominant, while above the Escarpment lies the Texas Hill Country, where ranching and grazing are common, although modern earth-moving machines are now able to urbanize the Hill Country.
		Property on the Balcones Escarpment, especially where it runs through northern San Antonio and western Austin, is highly valued for its rugged beauty and lovely views.
	www.sosalliance.org /geology.shtml (1475 words)

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		The Balcones Escarpment distinctly divides the Edwards Plateau from the South Texas Plains, which is the origin and north part of the Nueces River Watershed.
		This region of the Hill Country encompasses the Balcones Escarpment or uplift to the Edwards Plateau and is characterized by steep, arid terrain.
		Downstream of the Balcones fault zone, the land is not as steep or hilly and tends to flatten out as the river flows southward and eastward.
	www.nueces-ra.org /II/brush/nueces/Section_2.doc (2650 words)

	Tour Guide Information
		The two regions in the San Marcos area are: the Hill Country (also known as the Edwards Plateau) and the Gulf Coast Plain; the Balcones Escarpment divides the two.
		Although the Balcones Fault Zone is generally considered to be inactive, some scientists suggest the earthquakes that occured just east of Austin in 1873 and 1902 were caused by movement along the eastern part of the fault system (Swanson, 1995).
		The Escarpment can be thought of as the dividing line between the Old South cotton/sorghum plantations below the escarpment to the east and the cattle ranching lands of the Old West above the escarpment.
	www.wonderworldpark.com /caveedu12.htm (1157 words)

	Flood Report - 2001
		Texas, bounded on the southeast by the Gulf of Mexico and on the west by arid and semiarid regions characteristic of the southwestern United States, is a land of climatic and geographic diversity.
		The hills and associated elevation increases along the north side of the Balcones escarpment in central Texas assist in the uplifting of air masses and the formation of storms.
		Some of those occurring along the escarpment during about the past 80 years are indicated in figure 2.
	www.floodsafety.com /texas/USGSdemo/background.htm (814 words)

	San Antonio Natural Area Parks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		As the softer layers erode, a stair-step topography like balconies (hence Balcones Escarpment) is produced.
		From various points in Friedrich Wilderness Park and the surrounding Balcones Escarpment, you can look over the autumn hillsides and see alternating layers of vegetation.
		These layers are easiest to see in the fall when deciduous tree leaves change color and in the spring when the same trees are growing new leaves which are light green compared to the darker greens of the junipers and live oaks.
	www.sanaturalareas.org /balcones.html (239 words)

	Austin Chinatown :: News
		The Texas state capital sity straddles the line between two geologic provinces- to the west is the uplifted plateau of Cretaceous limestones and exposed Precambrian Llano uplift, while the lowland Bladk Prairie country stretches eastward for miles.
		Sharply dividing these two distinct topographic terraines is the Balcones fault which forms a northeast-southwest line through the western half of Austin, creating the Balcones escarpment.
		The escarpment has been the location for colonization and towns throughout Texas history because of the natural resources associated with the fault-plenty of natural building stone ourcrops on the escarpment, water pors from springs, timber can be gotten on teh wooded hills, and the adjacent fertile prairies support a strong agricultural economy.
	www.2002china.net /chinatowns/austin/naturehomee.shtml (1211 words)

	San Antonio Missions National Historical Park - Geology - US-Parks.com
		San Antonio Missions National Historical Park is situated near the base of the Edwards Plateau, adjacent to the Balcones Escarpment and directly within the overlap of the Rio Grande Plain (South Texas Brush Country) and the Blackland Prairie.
		Regional topography is primarily influenced by the Balcones Escarpment; a broad area of faulted limestone that forms the southwestern edge of the Edwards Plateau.
		The escarpment rises 1,000 feet above the prairie to the south and east, and reaches from Del Rio, Texas (160 miles to the west), through northern Bexar County, to Austin (70 miles to the northeast).
	www.us-parks.com /san_antonio/geology.html (304 words)

	Audubon: Issues & Actions
		Balcones Canyonlands NWR is located at the eastern edge of the Balcones Escarpment and Canyonlands region of Edwards Plateau in Travis, Burnet, and Williamson Counties.
		A bird observation area is currently under construction and an environmental education program focusing on the biology of the Balcones Escarpment is being designed.
		The Balcones Canyonlands NWR enjoys broad public support from city, county, and State governments as well as private developers, conservation organizations, and several Texas Audubon chapters such as the Travis Audubon Society, the Texas State Audubon Council, and the National Audubon Society-Texas State Office.
	www.audubon.org /campaign/LWCF_TX.html (1720 words)

	caveedu2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Remnants of the escarpment run as far south as Mexico, across the Rio Grande River from Del Rio, Texas.
		The Balcones Fault Zone is believed to have been formed at the prehistoric boundary of the North and South American continents.
		The Balcones Escarpment used to overlay the Balcones Fault Zone but erosion has moved the escarpment inland.
	www.wonderworldpark.com /caveedu2.htm (306 words)

	Hill Country Properties
		Located in the most scenic area of the Balcones Escarpment, a giant geologic upheaval that formed the "Rocky Mountains of Texas".
		The ranch is located in the middle of the Balcones Escarpment, which is a gigantic geologic fault that has formed some of the most rugged and scenic views in the state.
		Camp Wood Creek Ranch lies within the confines of the Balcones Escarpment, which is a geologic upheaval that formed this area of the Texas Hill Country.
	www.jlockhartrealestate.com /HillCountry.html (956 words)

	Pavo Real Main > The Site and Its Investigations
		The edge of the Edwards Plateau is also known as the Balcones Canyonlands because of the many deeply entrenched streams and rivers that drain the plateau.
		Loop 1604 West runs along the Balcones Escarpment and today it carries some 162,000 vehicles daily over Leon Creek and the former location of the ancient campsite.
		At times of drought, the Balcones Canyonlands may have served as critical resource areas because of the permanent water and wealth and diversity of other natural resources.
	www.texasbeyondhistory.net /pavoreal/site.html (3220 words)

	Recycling \| Faq's
		And all recyclables are baled and sent to mills for de-inking and re-pulping, eventually destroying the original documents.
		Balcones is a Spanish word meaning balcony or overlook.
		It also refers to the Balcones Escarpment, a geological formation in Central Texas, from which many springs and creeks have been created, thus providing "life" to the area.
	balconesresources.com /pages/recy_faqs.html (773 words)

	Bell County, Texas History
		Bell County comprises some 1,055 square miles and is divided into regions by the Balcones Escarpment, which runs through the approximate center of the county from southeast to northwest.
		The soils west of the Balcones fault are light to dark and loamy and clayey, with limy subsoils; shallow, stony soils in places have encouraged ranching and hardwood and pine production.
		Vegetation west of the fault is characterized by tall grasses and oak, juniper, pine, and mesquite trees, while the eastern part of the county, which has been extensively utilized for farming, is still wooded along its streams with a variety of hardwood trees.
	www.reynoldsrecords.com /texas/bell_history.html (3644 words)

	Bexar County
		Bexar County, in the interior belt of the Coastal Plain of South Central Texas, is crossed by the Balcones Escarpment.
		The area northwest of the escarpment, about one-eighth of the county, lies on the Edwards Plateau in high, hilly country, the source of numerous springs and artesian and underground wells.
		As in previous times, the overwhelming majority of the inhabitants lived in the city of San Antonio, the tenth largest city in the United States; of the 1,185,394 residents in the county in 1990, 935,933 lived in the city, and many of the remainder lived in the surrounding suburbs.
	www.gwrra-txw.org /triplog/texascourthouses/bexar.html (5458 words)

	The Living Landscape
		The dramatic differences in the abiotic characteristics of the land on the two sides of the Balcones Escarpment in the San Antonio area is clearly reflected in the native plant communities and wildlife which are associated with them.
		Prior to the 1840s, the vegetation on the upper, rolling portions of the Edwards Plateau would have been characterized as an open savanna of mixed grass cover punctuated by irregular clusters of trees and shrubs (mottes).
		Relatively dense, diverse woodland vegetation would have characterized the upper drainages of the rugged Balcones Canyonlands along the escarpment.
	www.salsa.net /aiasa/nature/nature8.html (93 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online:
		The Balcones Escarpment is a geologic fault zone several miles wide consisting of several faultings, most of which both dip and are downthrown to the east.
		The Balcones zone was formed under conditions of strain during the Tertiary era, when a downwarping occurred near the Gulf Coast with a moderate uplift inland.
		Water-bearing formations passing beneath the plateau to the plains are broken across by the Balcones fault group, and much water is forced to the surface by artesian pressure.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/BB/rxb1.html (321 words)

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