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The Tamaulipan mezquital (Spanish: Mezquital Tamaulipeco), also known as the Brush Country, is a deserts and xeric shrublands ecoregion in the Southern United States and northeastern Mexico. It covers an area of 141,500 km 2 (54,600 sq mi), [ 2 ] encompassing a portion of the Gulf Coastal Plain in southern Texas , northern Tamaulipas ...
The lowest 50 kilometers (31 miles) of the river are navigable by boats. The Soto La Marina is the thirteenth longest river in Mexico. The lower course of the Soto La Marina is through a semi-arid eco-region called Tamaulipan mezquital which is characterized by sub-tropical low trees and shrubs similar to what is found in southernmost Texas.
CADNR 004 Don Martín is at the eastern edge of the Chihuahuan Desert, as it transitions to the Tamaulipan mezquital. Plant communities include dry shrubland and dry grassland, with riparian forests and wetlands along watercourses. Oak and pine woodlands and forests occur at higher elevations in the Sierra Madre Oriental. [2]
Devils River State Natural Area is a 37,000-acre (15,000 ha) section of three ecosystems, the Edwards Plateau, the Tamaulipan mezquital and the Chihuahuan Desert.It is located 66 miles (106 km) north of Del Rio, Val Verde County in the U.S. state of Texas. [2]
Del Rio lies on the northwestern edges of the Tamaulipan mezquital, also called the South Texas brush country. It is also near the southwestern corner of the Edwards Plateau , which is the western fringe of the famous, oak savanna-covered Texas Hill Country ; that area is dotted with numerous small springs; one of these is the San Felipe ...
The soils, mostly Vertisols and Mollisols, are deep, loamy and clayey, and tend to be finer-textured than in the Lower Rio Grande Valley (34e) to the north. Some Entisols and Inceptisols occur near the river. The floodplain ridges once had abundant palm trees, and early Spanish explorers called the river "Rio de las Palmas." Most large palm ...
Map showing major rivers in Mexico. Among the longest rivers of Mexico are 26 streams of at least 250 km (160 mi). In the case of rivers such as the Colorado, the length listed in the table below is solely that of the main stem. [1] In the case of the Grijalva and Usumacinta, it is the combined lengths of two river systems that share a delta. [2]
The park is in the Tamaulipan mezquital ecoregion. Plants typical of this country include honey mesquite, palo verde and prickly pear cactus. [6] Guajillo and huisache is abundant, and other species such as horse crippler and fishhook cactus can be found as well. [5]