A photo of The Rio Grande River.
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This view shows the riparian shrub forest (mostly tamarisk or salt cedar), barren mud flats, and a channel gravel bar along the Rio Grande. The Sierra de Santa Elena is in the distance. This view is from a stream terrace near the Cottonwood Campground in western Big Bend National Park.
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A photo of The Rio Grande River.