Article: Big Bend National Park ? Texas
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Big Bend National Park ? Texas
Big Bend National Park is a land of borders. Situated on the boundary with Mexico along the Rio Grande, it is a place where countries and cultures meet. It is also a place that merges natural environments, from desert to mountains. It is a place where south meets north and east meets west, creating a great diversity of plants and animals. The park covers more than 801,000 acres of west Texas where the Rio Grande makes a sharp turn - the Big Bend.
Once called "a carpet of interacting plants and animals deftly woven on a geologic loom," the description conjures up images of looming mountains and stark desert landscapes with a ribbon of water slicing through it all. Indeed, this characterizes the Big Bend and its surrounding area. The Park is a diverse natural area of river, de...
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