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The Las Cienegas National Conservation Area is a National Conservation Area of Arizona, located in the transitional zone between the Sonoran Desert and the Chihuahuan Desert. [ 1 ] Description
The town of Vail, Arizona, is located at the northwestern edge of the valley, next to the Colossal Cave Mountain Park. The small community of Sonoita is located in the southwestern part of the valley, a few miles south of the historic Empire Ranch , which is now used as the headquarters for the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, as well ...
Las Cienegas National Conservation Area was established in 2000 to protect the upper Ciénega basin. Its headquarters is the historic Empire Ranch, which is located about 45 miles (72 km) southeast of Tucson, near the town of Sonoita. Spanning 45,000 acres (18,000 ha), Las Cienegas includes large areas of grassland and woodland, in addition to ...
A restored cienega in Balmorhea State Park. A ciénega (also spelled ciénaga) is a wetland system unique to the American Southwest and Northern Mexico.Ciénagas are alkaline, freshwater, spongy, wet meadows with shallow-gradient, permanently saturated soils in otherwise arid landscapes that often occupy nearly the entire widths of valley bottoms.
Ciénega Creek, an intermittent stream in southern Arizona; Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, a protected area in Arizona; Río de la Ciénaga, a river in Puerto Rico; Ciénaga, Guánica, Puerto Rico, a barrio
An example of a cottonwood-willow riparian forest and one of the last permanent stream-bottom habitat areas in southern Arizona. Ramsey Canyon: 1965: Cochise: Private (The Nature Conservancy) A stream-cut, vertical-sided gorge.
Empire Ranch is a working cattle ranch in southeastern Pima County, Arizona, that was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. In its heyday, Empire Ranch was one of the largest in Arizona, with a range spanning over 180 square miles (470 km 2), and its owner, Walter L. Vail, was an important figure in the establishment of southern Arizona's cattle industry.
A pool of water, a remnant of the last rains, in a dry wash in Tonto National Forest Unofficial trail sign in Pine Canyon. The Tonto National Forest, encompassing 2,873,200 acres (1,162,700 ha; 11,627 km 2), is the largest of the six national forests in Arizona and is the ninth largest national forest in the United States.