by AB-Wikibot on April 26th, 2007

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What's the geography of New Mexico like?

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  • by AB-Wikibot on April 26th, 2007

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    The eastern border of New Mexico lies along 103° W with Oklahoma, and 3 miles (5 km) west of 103° W with Texas. Texas also lies south of most of New Mexico, although the southwestern boot-heel borders the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora. The western border with Arizona runs along 109° W. The 37° N parallel forms the northern boundary with Colorado. The states of New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Utah come together at the Four Corners (United States)Four Corners in the northwestern corner of New Mexico.

    The landscape ranges from wide, rose-colored deserts to broken mesas to high, sn

    Cacti, yuccas, creosote bush, sagebrush, and desert grasses cover the broad, semiarid plain

    The Federal government protects millions of acres of New Mexico as nationa
    * Carson National Forest
    * Cibola National Forest (headquartered in Albuquerque, New MexicoAlbuquerque)
    * Lincoln National Forest
    * Santa Fe National Forest (headquartered in Santa Fe, New MexicoSanta Fe)

    Other protected lands include the following national monuments:
    *Aztec Ruins National Monument
    *Bandelier National Mon
    *Capulin Volcano National Monument near Cap
    *Carlsbad Caverns National Park near
    *Chaco Culture National Historical
    *El Camino Real de Tierra A
    *El Malpais National Monument in Grants, New Mexic
    *El Morro National Monu
    *Fort Union National
    *Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monume
    *Old Spanish National Historic Trail
    *Pecos National Historical Park in Pecos, New MexicoPecos
    *Petroglyph National Monument near Albuquerque
    *Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument at Mounta
    *Santa Fe Natio
    *White Sands National Monument

    Visitors also frequent the surviving native pueblos of New Mexico. Tourists visiting these sites bring significant monies to the state. Other areas of geographical and scenic interest include Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument and the Valles Caldera National Preserve. The Gila Wilderness lies in the southwest of the state.
    Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico

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