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MADERA CANYON.
Madera Canyon heads on the northwestern flank of Mount Livermore
sixteen miles north of Fort Davis in west central Jeff Davis County
(at 30°38' N, 104°10' W) and runs northeast for forty
miles before meeting Big Aguja Canyon to form Toyah Creek two
miles southwest of Toyahvale and Balmorhea State Recreation Areaqv in southwestern Reeves County (at 30°56' N, 103°49'
W). Through Madera Canyon flows an intermittent stream. The canyon
traverses rugged terrain surfaced by shallow, stony soils that
support Mexican buckeye, walnut, persimmon, desert willow, scrub
brush, and sparse grasses. Madera is Spanish for "wood."
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