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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
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.
Much of the area is now part of the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, which preserves habitat for a variety of threatened plant and animal species in the valley and along Cienega Creek. [1] [2] The town of Vail, Arizona, is located at the northwestern edge of the valley, next to the Colossal Cave Mountain Park.
Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, ... Dominican Republic a small village known as the entry to José Armando Bermúdez National Park. Colombia
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John Wesley Powell National Conservation Area [1] 29,868 Utah: King Range National Conservation Area: 57,288 California: Las Cienegas National Conservation Area: 35,280 Arizona: McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area: 122,300 Colorado: Red Cliffs National Conservation Area: 44,725 Utah: Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area: 195,819 Nevada
National Park Service areas in Arizona (7 C, 8 P) National Wildlife Refuges in Arizona (11 P) Nature centers in Arizona (5 P) ... Las Cienegas National Conservation Area;