Rincon (meadow)

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title: Rincon (meadow)
text: A rincón is a grass meadow. The term is in wide use in English in the southwest United States, where it refers specifically to a sloping meadow on the south facing upper slopes of a forested mountain. These characteristic high meadows are formed by the repeated freezing and thawing of snow accumulations on south facing slopes, creating a habitat not conducive to forest. They are further maintained by a high frequency of low-intensity wildfire. A notable example of a wildfire begun in a rincon, w
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