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1045:Myrmecology
1024:Ornithology
329:overgrazing
264:Trans-Pecos
203: /
90: /
78:103°18′14″W
65:Coordinates
1755:Categories
1685:Hairy Knob
1620:Bare Butte
1553:El Capitan
1507:Emory Peak
1410:2023-07-25
1247:2013-07-02
1148:2013-07-02
1111:References
369:Emory Peak
294:Emory Peak
266:region of
75:29°14′45″N
48:Emory Peak
1430:from the
1074:evergreen
353:Castilian
343:Etymology
337:Terlingua
103:Geography
55:Elevation
1084:See also
1002:Wildlife
800:Average
349:hechizos
300:Location
260:Big Bend
254:, are a
191:103°18′W
1373:3671381
1338:3670095
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889:(0.25)
725:(10.6)
710:(11.1)
705:(14.8)
700:(17.1)
695:(17.6)
690:(17.4)
685:(14.7)
680:(10.8)
655:(16.8)
645:(12.3)
640:(17.2)
635:(20.6)
630:(22.9)
625:(23.4)
620:(23.9)
615:(21.5)
610:(17.7)
605:(13.6)
600:(10.2)
585:(23.0)
580:(15.2)
575:(18.4)
570:(23.2)
565:(26.4)
560:(28.7)
555:(29.3)
550:(30.4)
545:(28.2)
540:(24.6)
535:(20.4)
530:(16.6)
525:(14.6)
388:Climate
188:29°16′N
141:Country
1603:Others
1435:Online
1371:
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1298:May 7,
1276:May 6,
1072:is an
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406:Month
357:chisos
287:Eocene
252:Chisos
168:
150:
1369:JSTOR
1334:JSTOR
1215:(PDF)
1063:Flora
1029:Birds
983:2.83
980:2.90
977:4.77
974:7.64
971:8.88
968:9.60
965:7.30
962:4.51
959:2.74
956:2.22
953:2.99
950:3.59
867:17.67
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859:(14)
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849:(63)
844:(79)
839:(86)
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770:(11)
765:(12)
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455:(28)
445:Year
363:Peaks
268:Texas
171:Texas
159:State
1300:2015
1278:2015
1223:2016
1178:2016
1078:bark
1050:Ants
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847:2.48
842:3.12
837:3.39
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760:(7)
755:(3)
723:51.0
718:37.9
713:43.2
708:51.9
703:58.6
698:62.7
693:63.7
688:63.3
683:58.5
678:51.5
673:44.1
668:39.1
663:36.9
653:62.2
648:48.7
643:54.2
638:62.9
633:69.0
628:73.2
623:74.2
618:75.1
613:70.7
608:63.9
603:56.4
598:50.4
593:47.6
583:73.4
578:59.4
573:65.2
568:73.8
563:79.5
558:83.7
553:84.8
548:86.8
543:82.8
538:76.3
533:68.7
528:61.8
523:58.3
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439:Nov
436:Oct
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430:Aug
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424:Jun
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877:0.8
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483:102
478:103
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