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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]
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Elephant Butte Reservoir is a reservoir on the southern part of the Rio Grande in the U.S. state of New Mexico, 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Truth or Consequences.The reservoir is the 84th largest man-made lake in the United States and the largest in New Mexico by total surface area and peak volume.
Somma volcano – Volcanic caldera that has been partially filled by a new central cone; Spatter cone – Landform of ejecta from a volcanic vent piled up in a conical shape; Volcanic crater lake – Lake formed within a volcanic crater; Subglacial mound – Volcano formed when lava erupts beneath a thick glacier or ice sheet
Bodies of water of New Mexico by county (31 C) H. Hot springs of New Mexico (14 P) L. Lakes of New Mexico (2 C, 19 P) R. Rivers of New Mexico (6 C, 80 P) S.
Thus, in 1938, Texas, New Mexico and Colorado signed the Rio Grande Compact, designating how much water Colorado must ensure would reach New Mexico, which in turn had to ensure a fair share of ...
New Mexico and 12 other western states together account for 93% of all federally owned land in the U.S. Roughly one–third of the state, or 24.7 million of 77.8 million acres, is held by the U.S. government, the tenth-highest percentage in the country.
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