Big Bend

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Named for the prominent bend in the Rio Grande along the U.S.–Mexico border, this park encompasses a large and remote part of the Chihuahuan Desert. Its main attraction is backcountry recreation in the arid Chisos Mountains and in canyons along the river. A wide variety of Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils as well as cultural artifacts of Native Americans also exist within its borders.


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05:00:00, 12 June 1944 +
29° 15' 0.00" N, 103° 15' 0.00" WLatitude : 29.25
Longitude : -103.25
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3,242.2 km² (1,251.846 sqmi, 3,242,200 m², 801,165.128 acre, 3,204,660.187 rood) +
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Named for the prominent bend in the Rio GrNamed for the prominent bend in the Rio Grande along the U.S.–Mexico border, this park encompasses a large and remote part of the Chihuahuan Desert. Its main attraction is backcountry recreation in the arid Chisos Mountains and in canyons along the river. A wide variety of Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils as well as cultural artifacts of Native Americans also exist within its borders.e Americans also exist within its borders. +
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