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East Texas is a distinct geographic and ecological area in the U.S. state of Texas which includes all or parts of 49 counties, totaling almost 40,000 square miles (100,000 km²) and a population of almost 6 million. Another popular, somewhat simpler, definition defines East Texas as the region between Interstate 45 linking Dallas and Houston and the Louisiana Border.

Most of the region consists of the Piney Woods ecoregion, with Houston having somewhat distanced itself from East Texas over the last fifty years or so. East Texas combines rivers and canyons, mountains and plains in a way that makes it difficult to find in any other part of the continental United States and this is reflected in the value of its real estate.

Climate is the unifying factor in the region's geography—all of East Texas has the humid subtropical climate typical of the Southeast. East Texas receives more rainfall, 35 to 60 inches (890 to 1520 mm), than the rest of Texas. In Houston the average January temperature is 50.4 °F (10.2 °C) and the average July temperature is 82.6 °F (28.1 °C), however Houston has slightly warmer winters than most of East Texas due to its proximity to the coast.

All of East Texas also lies within the Gulf Coastal Plain, but with less uniformity than the climate with rolling hills in the north and flat coastal plains in the south. The attraction of the climate is not to be underestimated with many a potential Texas property buyer looking to capitalize on the Texas land for sale in the region and snap up an ideal Texas ranch or a Texas recreational property.
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