____ National Park in western Texas best provides an example of the Chihuahuan desert in the US. Big Bend In central _____, steep-sided, flat-floored streamless canyons cut the local plateau into a maze known as the channeled scablands. Washington Great Salt Lake is a remnant of prehistoric Lake Bonneville, a great body of freshwater that was as large as present-day Lake _____. Huron Vegetation in the Mojave Desert includes Yucca plants, various cacti, and the recognizable _____ tree. Joshua Colorado's Grand Valley grows a large variety of crops, but the area's reputation is based on its fruit crop, primarily _____, but also other orchard fruits. Peaches Cities in the region have enormous areal extent. _____, for example, encompasses two and one-half times as many square miles as Boston. Tucson _____ is the most active port of entry on the Mexican border, with more than two million northbound commercial vehicles passing through in 2019. Laredo, Texas While California still produces gold today, _____ is the leading gold-producing state, and the third leading gold-producing place in the world. Nevada Beginning with Rock Island Dam in 1929-1931, _____ have been built along the Columbia in Washington and Oregon.