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	Big Bend may refer to: Geography United States The 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 Texas and the Sierra Madre Oriental in Mexi... , a 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. For more than 1,000 miles , the Rio Grande forms the international boundary between Mexico and the United States, and Big Bend National Park administers approximately along that boundary.... in Texas Big Bend, California Big Bend, California Big Bend is a census-designated place in Shasta County, California, California, United States. The population was 149 at the 2000 census.... , a census-designated place Big Bend (Florida) Big Bend (Florida) The Big Bend of Florida, United States, is an informal region of the state with no official surveyed boundary. Geologists prefer to characterize Florida?s Big Bend as the drowned karst topography section of the coast that occurs between the Apalachicola Cuspate Delta and Southwest Florida?s Central Barrier Coast.... , a region of Florida The 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.... 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 main campus, Fontbonne University, the southern part of the Delmar Loop, and area residents.... , a light rail transit station Canada Big Bend Country Big Bend Country Big Bend Country is a term used in the Provinces and territories of Canada of British Columbia to refer to the region around the northernmost bend of the Columbia River, where the river exits its initial northwestward course along the Rocky Mountain Trench to curve around the northern end of the Selkirk Mountains to head southeast between tha... , the region defined by the Big Bend of the Columbia River Columbia River The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It is named after the Columbia Rediviva, the first ship from the western world known to have traveled up the 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 town of Revelstoke and Golden. To the north it almost reaches the town of Valemount, British Columbia in an impoundment of the Canoe River .... 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.The goldfield was located on tributaries of the Columbia in an area known as the Big Bend Country, named for the huge hairpin bend a few hundred miles long in eastern British Columbia formed by the Columbia as it curves ar... of the 1860s in the same area Big Bend Ranges, a subrange of the Selkirk Mountains in the angle of the Big Bend of the Columbia River in British Columbia Africa Big Bend, Swaziland Big Bend, Swaziland Big Bend is a town in eastern Swaziland, lying on the Lusutfu. Its main industry is based on sugar plantations.... , a town Motorsport The first two turns of the track at Lime Rock Park Lime Rock Park Lime Rock Park is a road racing auto racing facility located in Lime Rock, Connecticut,United States, a hamlet in the village of Lakeville, Connecticut....