Southwestern Tablelands

Southwestern Tablelands
Southwestern Tablelands
	Central Great Plains (area 26 on the map)
Ecology
Realm	Nearctic
Borders	List Western High Plains to the north and south of the Southwestern Tablelands corridor; Central Great Plains to the east; Southern Rockies to the northwest; Arizona/New Mexico Plateau a very small portion to the central west; Arizona/New Mexico Mountains and Chihuahuan Desert to the south-southwest; Edwards Plateau to the southeast; Central Great Plains to the east;
Bird species
Mammal species
Geography
Country	United States
State	Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
Climate type	Cold semi-arid

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.