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big bend

n. 1 An area of western Texas by the Mexican border. 2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big%20Bend%20National%20Park, a national park in Texas

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Big Bend, CA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in California
Population (2000): 149
Housing Units (2000): 106
Land area (2000): 5.717581 sq. miles (14.808465 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 5.717581 sq. miles (14.808465 sq. km)
FIPS code: 06475
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 41.019803 N, 121.907881 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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Big Bend, CA
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Big Bend, WI -- U.S. village in Wisconsin
Population (2000): 1278
Housing Units (2000): 457
Land area (2000): 2.263682 sq. miles (5.862910 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.011899 sq. miles (0.030819 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 2.275581 sq. miles (5.893729 sq. km)
FIPS code: 07200
Located within: Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
Location: 42.887862 N, 88.211333 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 53103
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Big Bend (Texas)

The Big Bend is a colloquial name of a geographic region in the western part of the state of Texas in the United States along the border with Mexico, roughly defined as the counties north of the prominent northward bend in the Rio Grande as it passes through the gap between the Chisos Mountains in Texas and the Sierra Madre Oriental in Mexico. It is sometimes loosely defined as the part of Texas south of U.S. Highway 90 and west of the Pecos River. The region includes three counties in Texas: Brewster, Jeff Davis and Presidio.

The region is sparsely populated, arid, and rugged, containing the Chisos and the Davis Mountain ranges. The region has more than one million acres (4,000 kmĀ²) of public lands, including Big Bend National Park and Big Bend Ranch State Park along the north side of the Rio Grande. It is also the home of the McDonald Observatory.

The largest towns in the region are Alpine, Presidio, Marfa, Sanderson, Terlingua, and Marathon.

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Big Bend (Florida)

The Big Bend region of Florida, U.S.A., is an informal region of the state with no official surveyed boundary. It generally includes the counties of the Florida Panhandle east of the Apalachicola River. The Big Bend Coast is the marshy coast without barrier islands that extends along the Gulf of Mexico coast of Florida from the Ocklockonee River to Anclote Key.

Private agencies that self-identify as serving the Big Bend region often include Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Taylor and Wakulla counties in their service areas. The principal city in the region is Tallahassee.

The Big Bend Coast is the marshy coast extending about from the mouth of the Ocklockonee River around Apalachee Bay and down the west coast of peninsular Florida to Anclote Key. This stretch of coast includes the coasts of Wakulla, Jefferson, Taylor, Dixie, Levy, Citrus, Hernando and Pasco counties. The Big Bend Coast is a drowned karst region, covered with salt marsh. It includes freshwater springs, oyster reefs, and the delta of the Suwannee River. There are barrier islands west of the Oklockonee River and south starting with Anclote Key, but there are no barrier islands between those places. The Big Bend Coast has little or no sand or mud. The karst topography has produced an irregular, frequently exposed, bedrock surface. Due to the width of the adjacent continental shelf (over ), low gradient slope of the coast (1:5000), and shelter from the usual wind direction of storms, the Big Bend Coast is generally subject to low wave energy. The coast is subject to storm surges.

Usage examples of "big bend".

Longarm named only three of the eight or nine places he knew of, from Wyoming and Utah down to the Big Bend of Texas, where men on the run could drop out of sight of the law.

The car had already passed the big bend on Hohenfriedberger Weg and was jogging from stop to stop on a stretch that was straight as a die.

They felt their way down the east end of the trail, not far from Dent's, toward the Big Bend, which they gained without a mishap.

Blood flowed like water over the Big Bend country, and it was Cheseldine who spilled it.

He told us that river came down from the north, took a big bend, and flowed kind of east-northeast to the sea?

The ribbon of water sweeping into the big bend, the cluster of red-tiled roofs, the lush green, and the great tower of Marienkirche.

The closer we got to New Orleans, the worse my prospects of successful desertion looked, and by the time we dropped anchor at the big bend in the Mississippi River off Customs House levee, I was well in the dumps.

The whites gave up too, and stampeded down the river to Mankato, at the big bend, as soon as they dared break cover!