
Evidence of erosion is visible everywhere you turn in Big Bend National Park. A great example of the power of water and gravity on rock is located just up the road. Keep an eye on your left, where a large scar on the Santiago Mountains marks the spot. Late one evening in 1987, a rockslide occurred along this cliff face, creating a tremendous noise that was heard by park staff at Persimmon Gap. Soft Del Rio claystones located directly underneath hard Santa Elena limestone eroded, undercutting the limestone cliff until portions of it collapsed. Even though it appears to have happened yesterday, this scar is a testament to the vast amount of time that it takes for erosion to wear down the mountains of West Texas.
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Itineraries across USA

Acadia

Arches National Park

Badlands

Big Bend

Biscayne

Black Canyon Of The Gunnison

Bryce Canyon

Canyonlands

Capitol Reef

Carlsbad Caverns

Channel Islands

Congaree

Crater Lake

Cuyahoga Valley

Death Valley

Dry Tortugas

Everglades

Gateway Arch

Glacier

Grand Canyon

Grand Teton

Great Basin

Great Smoky Mountains

Guadalupe Mountains

Haleakalā

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes

Hot Springs

Indiana Dunes

Isle Royale

Joshua Tree

Kenai Fjords

Kobuk Valley

Lassen Volcanic

Mammoth Cave

Mesa Verde

Mount Rainier

North Cascades

Olympic

Petrified Forest

Pinnacles

Rocky Mountain

Saguaro

Shenandoah

Theodore Roosevelt

Virgin Islands

Voyageurs

White Sands

Wind Cave

Yellowstone

Yosemite

Zion