Del Rio: Amistad - Diablo East
Diablo East combines arid desert scrub with the wide waters of Lake Amistad in a way that reflects its position on the Rio Grande reservoir near Del Rio. This shoreline lies in the borderland where the United States meets Mexico and where the Chihuahuan Desert reaches the river valleys of southwest Texas. Lake Amistad was created by Amistad Dam, a binational project on the Rio Grande completed in 1969 for flood control, water storage and hydropower. On the US side, much of the reservoir shore forms Amistad National Recreation Area, managed by the National Park Service. Rocky ground, low thorny vegetation and branching inlets give this part of the lake a markedly different character from the urban core of Del Rio. The reservoir is used for boating, fishing and exploring the long, indented Texas-Mexico border shoreline.
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