Big Bend generally refers to a major change in course or large meander in a river. It may refer to:
Geographic locations
Canada
* Columbia River in British Columbia
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Big Bend Country
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Big Bend Ranges, the mountain ranges surrounded by the Big Bend
United States
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Big Bend (Florida), part of the Florida Panhandle
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Big Bend Coast
The Big Bend Coast is the marshy coast extending about from the western end of Apalachee Bay down the west coast of peninsular Florida to the Anclote River or Anclote Key. It partially overlaps the coast line of the Big Bend region of Florida, ...
, part of the Florida coast on the Gulf of Mexico
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Big Bend Historical Area (Shenango River), in western Pennsylvania
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Big Bend (Texas) (Rio Grande), in western Texas
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Big Bend National Park
Big Bend National Park is an American national park located in West Texas, bordering Mexico. The park has national significance as the largest protected area of Chihuahuan Desert topography and ecology in the United States, and was named after ...
, in Texas
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Big Bend (Colorado River, Utah), a meander
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Big Bend (Missouri River), a meander in South Dakota
* Big Bend of the Columbia River, a wide curve near
Wenatchee, Washington
Inhabited places
Australia
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Big Bend, South Australia
Canada
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Big Bend, British Columbia, now inundated by Kinbasket Lake
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Big Bend, Burnaby
Big Bend is the southernmost neighbourhood in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, located on the watershed of the Fraser River. The neighbourhood owes its name to the large bend that the river forms on its North Arm. Big Bend comprises all of Bur ...
, a neighbourhood in Burnaby, British Columbia
Eswatini
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Big Bend, Eswatini
Big Bend is a town in eastern Eswatini, lying on the Great Usutu River (Lusutfu). Its main industry is farming and it is based mostly on sugar plantations. Big Bend is also surrounded by nature/game reserves such as Mhlosinga Nature Reserve and N ...
United States
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Big Bend, California
Big Bend of the Madesi Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) and the indigenous homeland of Madesi tribe, located in Shasta County, northeastern California. It is named for a major change in course of the Pit River.
Its population is 79 as o ...
(Pit River), an incorporated community
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Big Bend Rancheria
The Big Bend Rancheria is a settlement of the Pit River Tribe (Achomawi) north of Big Bend, in Shasta County, California. It is about northeast of Redding.
Education
The ranchería is served by the Indian Springs Elementary School District a ...
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Big Bend, Butte County, California, an unincorporated community
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Big Bend, Placer County, California, an unincorporated community
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Big Bend, Louisiana
Big Bend is an unincorporated community in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Etymology
Big Bend was named from its location on a meander of the Bayou Des Glaises
In usage in the Southern United States, a bayou () is a body of water ...
, an unincorporated community
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Big Bend City, Minnesota
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Bigbend, West Virginia
Big Bend (shown as Bigbend on federal maps) is an unincorporated community in Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along West Virginia Route 5 northwest of the town of Grantsville, the county seat of Calhoun County, along the L ...
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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
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has ...
, a town
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Big Bend, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, a village
Other uses
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The Big Bend, a proposed residential skyscraper in New York City
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Big Bend Community College
Big Bend Community College (BBCC) is a public community college in Moses Lake, Washington.
History
Big Bend Community College was authorized by the Washington State Board of Education in 1961. Beginning fall quarter 1962 BBCC held its first r ...
, in Moses Lake, Washington, United States
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Big Bend Dam, on the Missouri River in South Dakota, United States
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Big Bend Gold Rush of the 1860s in British Columbia, Canada
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Big Bend High School
Big Bend High School is a public K-12 school located in unincorporated area, unincorporated Brewster County, Texas, Brewster County, Texas (United States, USA), adjacent to the Study Butte, Texas, Study Butte census-designated place, and with a Te ...
, in Terlingua, Texas, United States
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Big Bend slider
The Big Bend slider (''Trachemys gaigeae''), also called the Mexican Plateau slider, is a species of aquatic turtle in the family Emydidae. The species is endemic to the Southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
Taxonomy
The species ''Trac ...
, a species of turtle.
See also
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Big Bend State Park (disambiguation)
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