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The Desert Speaks
Life Along the Rio Sonora
Season 15
Episode 1507
The Rio Sonora in northwest Mexico begins just south of the U.S. border and cuts through the Sonoran Desert on its way to the Gulf of California. The Opata Indians were living along its banks when the Spaniards arrived. Although they have long since disappeared, their lyrical names for many of the towns remain. Make your way though the valley of the Rio Sonora.
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