The data could be used to support which conclusion? A. Gulf Coast states had to rely on steamboats to transport goods
B. States in the lower South had more land devoted to plantations
C. Border states had to import needed raw materials
D. States in the upper South were heavily industrialized ​

Texas’ gulf coastal plains are the western extension of the coastal plain extending from the atlantic ocean to beyond the rio grande. its characteristic rolling to hilly surface covered with a heavy growth of pine and hardwoods extends into east texas. in the increasingly arid west, however, its forests become secondary in nature, consisting largely of post oaks and, farther west, prairies and brushlands.