Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A region of southwest Texas on the Mexican border in a triangle formed by a bend in the Rio Grande. The area includes deep river canyons, desert wilderness, mountains rising to 2,387 m (7,832 ft), archaeological remains, and rare forms of plant and animal life.
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- proper noun An area of western
Texas by theMexican border. - proper noun Big Bend National Park, a
national park inTexas
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a triangular area in southwestern Texas on the Mexican border; formed by a bend in the Rio Grande
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Examples
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Construction will begin Monday on an unmanned border checkpoint at Big Bend, a national park in a remote corner of southwest Texas, even as the federal government has been adding agents to patrol other parts of the U.S.
Crossing Into U.S. Will Ease in One Spot Ana Campoy 2011
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"We stand firm with our Big Bend supporters who need a strong Democrat like Kendrick Meek to fight for the middle class in the U.S. Senate."
Al Lawson, Top Democrat In Florida's State Senate, Endorses Charlie Crist Over Kendrick Meek 2010
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That of course will not now be the case as the usual suspects are now lining up for new highway oriented developments – the sort of thing that Burnaby managed to produce further downstream at Big Bend.
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That of course will not now be the case as the usual suspects are now lining up for new highway oriented developments – the sort of thing that Burnaby managed to produce further downstream at Big Bend.
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That of course will not now be the case as the usual suspects are now lining up for new highway oriented developments – the sort of thing that Burnaby managed to produce further downstream at Big Bend.
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The geology though of Big Bend is just spectacular!
Archive 2008-12-01 ReBecca Foster 2008
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He worked on ceratopsid dinosaurs, which was something I was very interested in working on, and worked in Big Bend.
Archive 2008-12-01 ReBecca Foster 2008
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The geology though of Big Bend is just spectacular!
Field Work Favorites ReBecca Foster 2008
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He worked on ceratopsid dinosaurs, which was something I was very interested in working on, and worked in Big Bend.
Field Work Favorites ReBecca Foster 2008
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For example, habitats in the north, near Big Bend, Texas are arid or desert-like with the influences of the Chihuahuan Desert; in the south, rainfall increases greatly, creating tropical forest communities in the higher elevations.
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