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Basins of the Rio Grande Rift Map of physiographic provinces of New Mexico. New Mexico is entirely landbound, with just 0.2% of the state covered with water, [1] and most of the state has an arid to semiarid climate. [2] Much of the state is mountainous, except for the easternmost Great Plains region. [3]
Travel south on McKinley County Road 19 to NM 122, turn left and travel the road to Grants, where there is the New Mexico Mining Museum. Continue on NM 122 to NM 117 and drive south to the El Malpais National Monument, made about 3,000 years ago by lava flows. [7] [11]
Fraser Goff, Valles Caldera: A Geologic History. 2009, University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 978-0-8263-4590-5. Review at New Mexico Magazine: "No matter your interest in the Valles Caldera, you’ll learn something new in Fraser Goff’s new book." Coco Rae, "Hiking Trails in Valles Caldera National Preserve". 2020. The complete trail guide to ...
Views of mesas and steep rock walls in central New Mexico. July 31, 1998 [1] Narrow Gauge Scenic Byway: 9.9 miles: Scenic, historic drive: July 31, 1998 [1] Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway: 14 miles: Santa Clara Pueblo is located on the byway: By 2013 [9] Quebradas Back Country Byway: 24 miles: Scenic, rugged back country road east of Socorro. BLM ...
Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness is located in San Juan County, New Mexico, between Chaco Canyon and the De-Na-Zin Wilderness.Its name is a phonetic transliteration of Navajo "áshįįh łibá" meaning "salt, it is grey (grey salt)".
Access to the range is primarily via New Mexico State Road 152 (NM 152), which crosses the Black Range on its way from Kingston on the east towards San Lorenzo on the west. NM 152 crosses the range at 8,228-foot (2,508 m) Emory Pass, where there is a hiking trail that covers the entire length of the mountains along the central ridge.
The Natural History of New Mexico Mammals. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. Hawley, JW (1978). Guidebook to Rio Grande rift in New Mexico and Colorado. New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources. p. 55. Kempter, Kirt (2007). "Valles Caldera:Map and Geologic History of the Southwest's Youngest Caldera".
From the White Place, painting by Georgia O'Keefe depicting the Abiquiu Formation. The Abiquiu Formation is a geologic formation found in northern New Mexico. Radiometric dating constrains its age to between 18 million and 27 million years, corresponding to the late Oligocene to Miocene epochs.