Texas Trivia - Natural Resources By Office of the Governor, Economic Development and Tourism Jun 20, 2007, 15:49 PST

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Texas is an amazing state full of amazing natural resources. Learn some of the astonishing facts in this Texas trivia guide:

• Texas is the largest of the contiguous states with 267,277 square miles.
  
  
• More than 5,000 flowering plants are native to Texas.
  
  
• Texas has more than 4,959-square miles of fresh water more than any state except Alaska.
  
  
• Texas’ four national forests and the Big Thicket National Preserve offer more than 730,000 acres of woodland recreation.
  
  
• Caddo Lake in East Texas is the state's largest natural lake.
  
  
• The King Ranch in Kingsville is the largest ranch in Texas and is slightly larger than the state of Rhode Island.
  
  
• Texas has more than 624 miles (1,000 km.) of coastline to explore.
  
  
• The largest concentration of bats in the world is found in Bracken Cave near San Antonio, home to some 20 million Mexican free-tailed bats.
  
  
• There are 191,000 miles of streams and rivers in Texas.
  
  
• The tallest peak in Texas is Guadalupe Peak in the Guadalupe Mountains.

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