Chihuahuan Desert Historical

Chihuahuan Desert Historical (HM1SXY)

Location: Big Bend National Park, TX 79834 Brewster County
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Country: United States of America
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N 29° 10.93', W 102° 57.665'

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Big Bend National Park

Despite a tendency to spiny plants, barren ground, and a variety of reptiles, each desert is distinctive. To recognize the Chihuahuan, shift focus from the broad horizon to the "indicator plants" that characterize this particular landscape.

The agave lechuguilla grows only in the Chihuahuan Desert. Bladed like a cluster of daggers, lechuguilla thrives in gravelly soil with less than ten inches of precipitation a year. Look for this needle-tipped plant along the short trail.
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HM NumberHM1SXY
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Placed ByNational Park Service, US Department of Interior
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Date Added Tuesday, July 5th, 2016 at 5:02pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)13R E 698263 N 3229888
Decimal Degrees29.18216667, -102.96108333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 29° 10.93', W 102° 57.665'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds29° 10' 55.8" N, 102° 57' 39.9" W
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Area Code(s)432
Closest Postal AddressAt or near Unnamed Road, Big Bend National Park TX 79834, US
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