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Basin And Range: The Making Of The West

The Basin and Range Province defines the landscape of the interior western U.S. from southern Oregon to northwest Mexico, from Salt Lake City to Reno. This vast region of parallel high mountain ranges bordered by lengthy valleys contains much of the wealth and lore of the West over the last two centuries.
Season 12 Episode 1210 Length 26:46 Premiere: 07/01/26

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Basin And Range: The Making Of The West
S12 E1210 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 07/01/26

California's Coastal Redwoods: Preserving The World's Tallest Trees And Their Homelands
S12 E1209 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 07/01/26

Brazil's Salvador: Preserver Of African-Brazilian Patrimony
S12 E1208 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 07/01/26

The Estrada Real ̶ Brazil's Highway Of Gold
S12 E1207 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 07/01/26

Oaxaca's Indigenous Guardians Of The High Forests
S12 E1206 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 07/01/26

The Cascade Mountains Of Washington: Gifts Of The Volcanoes
S12 E1205 Length 26:45 Premiere Date 07/01/26

Oaxaca's People Of The Sea And The Seaside
S12 E1204 Length 26:47 Premiere Date 07/01/26

Brazilian Agriculture: From Industrial Megafarms To Intimate Minifarms
S12 E1203 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 07/01/26

The Lacandones Of Chiapas: Guardians Of The Ancient Mayas
S12 E1202 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 07/01/26

Ketchikan And Alaska's Panhandle Forests And Sea
S12 E1201 Length 26:46 Premiere Date 07/01/26

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Oaxaca's Indigenous Guardians of the High Forests - S12 E6

Oaxaca's traditional forest management practices set a global example for sustainability.

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The Estrada Real - Brazil's Highway of Gold - S12 E7

A centuries-old, Portuguese-built highway brings Brazil's complicated colonial past to mind.

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Brazil's Salvador: Preserver of African-Brazilian Patrimony - S12 E8

Afro-Brazilian culture and spirituality thrive after centuries of brutal subjugation.

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California's Coastal Redwoods: Preserving the World's Tallest Trees and Their Homelands - S12 E9

After years of lumbering, indigenous Americans work to restore California's ancient redwoods.

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Basin and Range: The Making of the West - S12 E10

The vast, arid Basin and Range Province features stunning geology, wild horses and abandoned mines.

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The Cascade Mountains of Washington: Gifts of the Valcanoes - S12 E5

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Oaxaca's People of the Sea and the Seaside - S12 E4

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Brazilian Agriculture: From Industrial Megafarms to Intimate Minifarms - S12 E3

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The Lacandones of Chiapas: Guardians of the Ancient Mayas - S12 E2

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