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Amarillo is located near the middle of the Texas Panhandle and is part of the Llano Estacado or Staked Plains region which has a surface that is relatively flat and has little drainage in the soil.

The Texas Panhandle gets its name from how it protrudes at the top of the state, much like the handle of a pot or pan. The landscape on the Panhandle is dominated by agriculture and petroleum.

Texas can be divided into four natural regions. They are the Coastal Plains, the North Central Plains, the Great Plains, and the Mountains and Basins.

Texas is neither West Coast nor East Coast – the U.S. Census Bureau places it in the South Region and it is in the Central timezone. Geographically, it can be argued to be East Coast due to its Gulf of Mexico coastline, but culturally it is much closer to the West Coast.Nov 15, 2021

Amarillo, commercial center of the Texas Panhandle, is in southern Potter County and extends into Randall County. When the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway began building across the Panhandle in 1887, a group of Colorado City merchants chose the site to establish stores.Apr 26, 2021

The latitude of Amarillo, TX, USA is 35.199165, and the longitude is -101.845276. Amarillo, TX, USA is located at United States country in the Cities place category with the gps coordinates of 35° 11' 56.9940'' N and 101° 50' 42.9936'' W.

Today North Texas is centered upon the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex, the largest metropolitan area in Texas and the Southern United States. People in the Dallas and Fort Worth areas sometimes use the terms "Metroplex", "DFW", and "North Texas" interchangeably.

The North-Central Plains region is bordered on the north and the south by the Red and Colorado rivers respectively, on the west by the Caprock Escarpment, and on the east by the Gulf Coastal Plain.Oct 20, 2021

The East Texas regions includes Tyler, Longview, Texarkana, Lufkin, Marshall, Palestine, Henderson, Jacksonville, Mount Pleasant, and Nacogdoches. Most of the region consists of the Piney Woods ecoregion, and East Texas can sometimes be reduced to include only the Piney Woods.