PRE
There are certain places that give rise to
DESERT LANDSCAPE WITH DIVERSE FLORA
meter of altitude the vegetation changes: from
something like wanderlust and the thirst
AND FAUNA
cacti to low level pine trees, then to juniper
for adventure, even if you are not a travel
Although the park with its 3,242 square kilo-
bushes which lead to a dense growth of oaks
lover. As far as rivers go, there are long ones
meters is one of the largest in the USA, there
and pines. “Anyone who imagines a landscape
such as the Amazon and the Rio Grande that
are not too many tourists who come to this cor-
like the Sahara will be surprised by the diver-
trigger travel fever. There is hardly anoth-
ner of the country each year, with only around
sity of the various flora,” says Robert Alvarez,
er river that connects so much with the
400,000 visitors. The UNESCO Biosphere Re-
representative of the Brewster County Tourism
Wild West as the latter. About two-thirds of
serve not only contains large sections of the
Council. After a long spring rain entire fields of
the more than 3,000 kilometers meander
Chihuahua Desert, a rain shadow desert, which
wildflowers are blooming with 250 kilometers
through the state of Texas and form a nat-
with an area of around 453,000 square kilo-
of a winding network of hiking trails.
ural border between the United States and
meters is considered the largest of all North
Mexico. Much of the river is located in the
American deserts, but also the central massif
NIGHT SKY OVER THE LONE STAR STATE
Big Bend National Park and can be explored
of the Chisos Mountains with their slopes be-
Matching its nickname, the “Lone Star State,”
by boat or horse.
coming ever greener as you ascend. With every
Texas, and especially the Big Bend National
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