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Chama is a village in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 917 at the 2020 census . The village is located in the Rocky Mountains about 7 miles (11 km) south of the Colorado - New Mexico border.
Congress created the Chama River Canyon Wilderness in New Mexico in February 1978. [4] The wilderness area covers approximately 50,300 acres (20,356 ha) on the Coyote Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest and the Carson National Forest. [5] The water in the Rio Chama brings the canyon area to life.
The Rio Chama, a major tributary river of the Rio Grande, is located in the U.S. states of Colorado and New Mexico.The river is about 130 miles (210 km) long altogether. From its source to El Vado Dam its length is about 50 miles (80 km), from El Vado Dam to Abiquiu Dam is about 51 miles (82 km), and from Abiquiu Dam to its confluence with the Rio Grande is about 34 miles (55 k
U.S. Route 85 (US 85) is a 1,479-mile-long (2,380 km) north–south United States Highway that travels in the Mountain and Northern Plains states of the United States. . The southern terminus of the highway is at the Mexican border in El Paso, Texas, connecting with Mexican Federal Highway
At a T-intersection, New Mexico State Road 17 enters from the north and terminates at said intersection, while US 64/US 84 enter from the south and west. After heading south from Chama, US 64/US 84 combine for about 14 miles (23 km) to Tierra Amarilla, where US 64 departs from US 84 and heads southeast, while US 84 continues south.
The first known occupation of the Pecos Wilderness began in 1598 with the colonization by Spain. During the next 200 years, they would push into the fertile lands that flanked the Sangre de Cristo Mountain range. New Mexico was annexed to the United States following the Mexican war of 1846. In 1875 mineral prospecting began.
With a total area of 121,590 square miles (314,900 km 2), [1] New Mexico is the fifth-largest state, after Alaska, Texas, California, and Montana. Its eastern border lies along 103°W longitude with the state of Oklahoma , and 2.2 miles (3.5 kilometres) west of 103°W longitude with Texas (due to a 19th-century surveying error).
This is a list of mountain ranges in the U.S. state of New Mexico, listed alphabetically, and associated landforms. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mountain ranges of New Mexico . This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .