Big Bend National Park - Frontier Desert Solitude

摘要

Located under skies of predominantly subtropical high pressure, the landscape of the Big Bend region is very much representative of the arid environment in which it exists: weathered and eroded geology mostly open to view, horizons chiseled by jagged desert peaks, and the landscape dotted by only the toughest of vegetation. But this Chihuahuan Desert realm is hardly devoid of life, as austere as the conditions may be. With a wide range of elevations, and hence climate zones, a variety of life abounds, including juniper, mesquite, oak, andpine, a wide variety of cactus, and an assortment of birds, reptiles, and land mammals.