Big Bend
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United States

  • Big Bend (Texas)
    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...

    , region of Texas
    • Big Bend National Park
      Big Bend National Park
      Big Bend National Park is a national park located in the U.S. state of Texas. Big Bend has national significance as the largest protected area of Chihuahuan Desert topography and ecology in the United States, which includes more than 1,200 species of plants, more than 450 species of birds, 56...

      , in Texas
  • Big Bend, California
    Big Bend, California
    Big Bend is a census-designated place in Shasta County, California, United States. The population was 102 at the 2010 census, down from 149 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Big Bend is located at ....

    , census-designated place
  • Big Bend, Butte County, California
    Big Bend, Butte County, California
    Big Bend is an unincorporated community in Butte County, California. It lies at an elevation of 2310 feet . A post office operated in Big Bend from 1883 to 1891....

    , unincorporated community
  • Big Bend, Placer County, California
    Big Bend, Placer County, California
    Big Bend is an unincorporated community in Placer County, California. Big Bend is located on the South Yuba River, east-southeast of Cisco Grove. It lies at an elevation of 5738 feet ....

    , unincorporated community
  • Big Bend (Florida)
    Big Bend (Florida)
    The Big Bend of Florida, U.S.A., is an informal region of the state with no official surveyed boundary. It includes part of the counties of the Florida Panhandle. Geologists prefer to characterize Florida’s Big Bend as the drowned karst section of the coast that occurs between the mouth of the...

    , region of Florida
  • Big Bend Dam
    Big Bend Dam
    Big Bend Dam is a major rolled earth dam along the Missouri River in central South Dakota.The dam, 95 feet high and 10,570 feet in length, was constructed as part of the Pick-Sloan Plan for Missouri watershed development authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1944. Construction began in 1959 and...

    , on the Missouri River in South Dakota
  • University City-Big Bend (St. Louis MetroLink)
    University City-Big Bend (St. Louis Metrolink)
    The University City–Big Bend St. Louis MetroLink subway station, opened on August 26, 2006, serves the western portion of the Washington University's main campus , and the southern part of the Delmar Loop...

    , light rail transit station
  • Big Bend, Rusk County, Wisconsin
    Big Bend, Rusk County, Wisconsin
    Big Bend is a town in Rusk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 402 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Island Lake is located in the town.-Geography:...

    , a town
  • Big Bend, Waukesha County, Wisconsin
    Big Bend, Waukesha County, Wisconsin
    Big Bend is a village in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,278 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Big Bend is located at ....

    , a village

Canada

  • Big Bend Country
    Big Bend Country
    Big Bend Country is a term used in the Canadian province of British Columbia to refer to the region around the northernmost bend of the Columbia River, where the river leaves its initial northwestward course along the Rocky Mountain Trench to curve around the northern end of the Selkirk Mountains...

    , the region defined by the Big Bend of the Columbia River in its course between Golden and Revelstoke in British Columbia
  • Big Bend, British Columbia, a former town (now inundated by Kinbasket Lake
    Kinbasket Lake
    Kinbasket Lake is a reservoir on the Columbia River in southeast British Columbia, north of the city of Revelstoke and the town of Golden. The reservoir was created by the construction of the Mica Dam. The lake includes two reaches, Columbia Reach and Canoe Reach , referring to the river valleys...

     at the apex of that bend) founded during:
    • the Big Bend Gold Rush
      Big Bend Gold Rush
      The Big Bend Gold Rush was a gold rush on the upper Columbia River in the Colony of British Columbia in the mid-1860s....

       of the 1860s in the same area
  • Big Bend Ranges
    Big Bend Ranges
    The Big Bend Ranges are a subrange of the Selkirk Mountains of the Columbia Mountains in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, located in Big Bend of the Columbia River north of the Illecillewaet River.-References:* in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia...

    , a subrange of the Selkirk Mountains in the angle of the Big Bend of the Columbia River in British Columbia
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