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    Brazos Bend State Park is a 4,897-acre (1,982 ha) state park along the Brazos River in unincorporated Fort Bend County, Texas (with a Needville postal...
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  • Brazos Bend may refer to: 63387 Brazos Bend, a main-belt asteroid Brazos Bend, Texas, a city in Hood County, Texas, United States Brazos Bend State Park...
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  • Park Big Bend Ranch State Park Big Spring State Park Blanco State Park Bonham State Park Brazos Bend State Park Buescher State Park Contents:  Top 0–9...
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    Park Road 72 (PR 72) is a park road in Fort Bend County, Texas that begins at Farm to Market Road 762 (FM 762) and goes east into Brazos Bend State Park...
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    Washington-on-the-Brazos is an unincorporated community along the Brazos River in Washington County, Texas, United States. The town is best known for being...
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    1999. A Taxonomic study of Crested Caracaras (Falconidae). Wilson Bull. 111(3): 330–339. Photo of crested caracara at Brazos Bend State Park, Texas : [1]...
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    Big Bend Ranch State Park is a 311,000-acre (126,000 ha) state park located on the Rio Grande in Brewster and Presidio counties, Texas. It is the largest...
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    The Brazos River (/ˈbræzəs/ BRAZ-əs, Spanish: [ˈbɾasos]), called the Río de los Brazos de Dios (translated as "The River of the Arms of God") by early...
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    1837 and organized the next year. It is named for a blockhouse at a bend of the Brazos River. The community developed around the fort in early days. The...
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    Colorado Bend State Park is a 5,328.3-acre (2,156 ha) state park located in the Hill Country region of the U.S. state of Texas, mostly in San Saba County...
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    Baccharis sp., Ilex vomitoria, and Rubus sp. in native prairies at Brazos Bend State Park, near Houston, Texas. Several other paper wasp species—including...
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  • (Genesee County, New York) Texas Horseshoe Lake, a lake in Brazos Bend State Park, Fort Bend County Horseshoe Lake, south of Port Bolivar, north of Bolivar...
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    Zoological Garden during World War II The Alligator People Gatorland Brazos Bend State Park Sewer alligator Whiting, Evan T.; Steadman, David W.; Vliet, Kent...
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    Upland Chorus Frog Frogs and Toads of Georgia: Upland Chorus Frog Brazos Bend State Park:   Flora and Fauna  /  Amphibians  /  Upland Chorus Frog North Carolina...
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  • and borrego, the Spanish word for bighorn sheep. Brazos Bend State Park, a state park along the Brazos River in Needville, Texas (arms) Coronado Heights...
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    Needville, Texas (category Cities in Fort Bend County, Texas)
    Fort Bend County operates the Barbara Jordan Park in Needville. Nearby: George Ranch Historical Park, educational center Brazos Bend State Park and George...
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    eastern part of Texas. Specifically, P. metricus has been studied in Brazos Bend State Park in Texas along with other wasp species, including Polistes bellicosus...
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    Big Bend National Park is an American national park located in West Texas, bordering Mexico. The park has national significance as the largest protected...
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    State Park and Trailway Double Mountain Fork Brazos River Duffy's Peak High Plains Ogallala Aquifer Mushaway Peak Salt Fork Brazos River Texas State Highway...
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    Houston Museum of Natural Science (category Hermann Park)
    telescope. The facility is located south of Sugar Land, Texas, at Brazos Bend State Park. The observatory also houses a portion of the Challenger Learning...
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    Bastrop State Park Caddo Lake State Park Davis Mountains State Park Longhorn Caverns State Park Palo Duro Canyon State Park Big Bend State Park, now a...
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    re-furbish the Gueymard Research Telescope at The George Observatory at Brazos Bend State Park. The telescope's mirror was degrading after many decades of use...
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  • List of Farm to Market Roads in Texas (700–799) (category State highways in Texas)
    there is an intersection with Texas Park Road 72 at the entrance of Brazos Bend State Park. From the state park, FM 762 heads north, west, north and...
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  • order; click again for reverse alphabetical order. "Nature Center". Brazos Bend State Park Volunteer Organization. Retrieved 18 October 2014. "Cattail Marsh"...
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    Garner State Park is a state park in the community of Concan, Texas located in Uvalde County, Texas in the United States. Garner State Park, in the Texas...
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    Dinosaur Valley State Park is a state park near Glen Rose, Texas, United States. Dinosaur Valley State Park, located just northwest of Glen Rose in Somervell...
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  • Prentice Hall. "History of the Landolt Astronomical Observatory". Louisiana State University Department of Physics & Astronomy. September 1, 2022. Retrieved...
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    oak, and elm, are typical, with some bald cypress on larger streams. The Brazos and Colorado River floodplains are a broad expanse of alluvial sediments...
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    acres (620 ha), and lies in the Palo Pinto Mountains and Brazos River Valley of Texas. The park borders the large Possum Kingdom Lake, a 20,000-acre (8...
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    Farm to Market Road 1462 (category Transportation in Fort Bend County, Texas)
    FM 762, which provides access to Brazos Bend State Park and the George Observatory via PR 72. FM 1462 crosses over the Brazos River and returns to Brazoria...
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