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The Fort Mohave Land Act of 1960 saw the transfer of 15,000 acres (6,100 ha) of federal land in the Laughlin Big Bend area to the Colorado River Commission of Nevada. The commission transferred 2,100 acres (850 ha) to the Nevada Division of State Parks in 1991, which resulted in establishment of Big Bend of the Colorado State Recreation Area.
Colorado Canyon, within the park, is the "most accessible" of the area's river canyons. Visitors may take short float trips through it, and it can be viewed from vehicle access points. [13] Other river canyons in Big Bend were carved out of limestone, which yields almost vertical walls. Colorado Canyon is the only one carved from volcanic rock.
Big Bend National Park is a national park of the United States located in West Texas, bordering Mexico. The park has national significance as the largest protected area of Chihuahuan Desert topography and ecology in the United States, [ 3 ] and was named after a large bend in the Rio Grande/Río Bravo . [ 4 ]
Original – Sunset at Big Bend National Park on the Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive, located in Texas, USA. Reason High-quality image of a high-profile National Park. Already assessed and meets the Quality Image guidelines. Articles in which this image appears Big Bend National Park FP category for this image Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Places ...
Big Bend Coast, part of the Florida coast on the Gulf of Mexico; Big Bend (Texas), in western Texas north of the Rio Grande; Big Bend (Colorado River, Utah), a meander; Big Bend (Missouri River), a meander in South Dakota; Big Bend of the Columbia River, a wide curve near Wenatchee, Washington
Big Bend of the Colorado State Recreation Area, Nevada; See also. Big Bend (disambiguation)#Parks This page was last edited on 26 September 2024, at 14:16 (UTC). Text ...
Big Bend National Park; Usage on fr.wikipedia.org Panther Junction Visitor Center; Usage on pl.wikipedia.org Park Narodowy Big Bend; Usage on uk.wikipedia.org Біґ-Бенд (національний парк) Usage on www.wikidata.org Q50285739
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