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 (Köppen BSk). 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 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
In the northwestern region, the prevalent vegetation consists of grasses of the shortgrass prairie ecosystem and sagebrush.
 * Flora


 * Fauna