The Big Bend National Park is located in Texas and was created in 1944. It is named for the large bend in the Rio Grande River that forms the border between the US and Mexico, with the park encompassing over 1,600 km of that border. The park features mountains, canyons, desert, and rivers where an ancient inland sea once was. It is home to over 1,200 plant species including 60 types of cacti, as well as many species of animals.

3. The Big Bend National Park is
located in Texas, and was created
in 1944. The park's name is derived
from the greater curvature ("big
bend") in the Rio Grande which
forms the international border
between Mexico and the United
States more than 1,600 km and the
park administers approximately one
quarter of that boundary. Big Bend
is not a simple park: it is a region
bounded by the great bend of the
Rio Grande, a rounded triangle over
19 000 km2.

4. Rio Grande Bend

6. Mountains, canyons, rivers and desert intersect in a land where a calm
inland ocean once covered all. That ancient ocean bed was thrust upward
by violent upheavals, its layers broken, faulted and folded like paper. It
appears to be a desolate and silent world, but it’s much more than that
— it’s also a place of lush grasses, dainty wildflowers and teeming
wildlife.

10. Chihuauan Desert

12. Cerro Castellan at Chihuahuan Desert

14. Rio Grande, which separates the US from Mexico - Santa Elena Canyon - 1.500 feet high walls

17. Sunrise at Santa Elena Canyon

18. Sunset at Sta. Elena Canyon

23. Rio Grande riverbed with cracked mud .

24. Chisos Mountains

27. Sunset behind Chisos Mountains

33. Mountain lion
Big Bend is famous for its natural resources and spectacular geology. The
park is home to more than 1,200 species of plants (including
approximately 60 cacti species), 11 species of amphibians, 56 species of
reptiles, 40 species of fish, 75 species of mammals, 450 species of birds,
and about 3,600 species of insects. The park boasts more types of birds,
bats, and cacti than any other national park in the United States.

34. Mountain lion

36. The colared peccary

37. Coyote

38. Wild burros

41. Ringtail (Bassariscus astutus)

59. Chisos Mountains Cacti

63. Vermilion Flycatcher:

64. Mexican Bluejay

66. Vermillion Flycatcher

67. Road runner

68. Lilibeth
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Audio: Ry Cooder – Paris, Texas