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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 over 801,000 acres of west Texas in the place where the Rio Grande makes a sharp turn - the Big Bend. Authorized June 20, 1935; established June 12, 1944. Designated a United States Biosphere Reserve, 1976.
Please visit Big Bend National Park's official website at www.nps.gov/bibe/home.htm
...or click on "IN-DEPTH"Desginations
June 12, 1944 - National Park
1976 - United States Biosphere Reserve
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