Southwestern Tablelands
The southwestern tablelands comprise an ecoregion running from east-central to south-east Colorado, east-central and a small portion of eastern New Mexico, some eastern portions of the Oklahoma Panhandle, far south-central Kansas, and portions of northwest Texas. This ecoregion has a "cold semiarid" climate. Some years, a National Weather Service dust storm warning is issued in parts of Texas due to a dust storm originating from the lower part of the Southwestern Tablelands ecological region or from the southern end of the High [Plains (United States)|Western High Plains] ecological region.
Included cities
- The Canadian River, north of Amarillo, Texas, is the central corridor of the Southwestern Tablelands.
- Snyder, Texas
- La Junta, Colorado
- Colorado [Springs, Colorado]
- The western edge is near Pueblo, Colorado, and Albuquerque, New Mexico
- The northern edge is south of Dodge City, Kansas
- The eastern edge is west of Woodward, Oklahoma
Environment
;FloraIn the northwestern region, the prevalent vegetation consists of grasses of the shortgrass prairie ecosystem and sagebrush.
;Fauna