Donald Dilworth Brand
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LOCATION: Austin, TX, United States
Professor of Geography, University of Texas at Austin, 1949–75. Author of Mexico: Land of Sunshine and Shadow.
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Rio Grande, fifth longest river of North America, and the 20th longest in the world, forming the border between the U.S. state of Texas and Mexico. Rising as a clear, snow-fed mountain stream more than 12,000 feet (3,700 metres) above sea level in the Rocky Mountains, the Rio Grande descends across…
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