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    The Albuquerque Basin (or Middle Rio Grande Basin) is a structural basin and ecoregion within the Rio Grande rift in central New Mexico. It contains the...
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    City to the northernmost territories of New Spain. Located in the Albuquerque Basin, the city is flanked by the Sandia Mountains to the east and the West...
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    Basin, Poland, northern Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, the North Sea, and Scotland Turgay Basin, Kazakhstan Southern Basin, Trinidad Albuquerque Basin...
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    Rio Grande (redirect from Rio Grande basin)
    sediment-filled basin to another, cutting canyons between the basins and supporting a fragile bosque ecosystem on its flood plain. From Albuquerque southward...
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    The Albuquerque volcanic field is a monogenetic volcanic field in the Albuquerque Basin in New Mexico, United States. It is located about 7 miles (11 km)...
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    Rio Grande rift (category Basin and Range Province)
    bottom of the Albuquerque basin to 3,300 metres (10,800 ft) above sea level in the nearby Sandia Mountains, which flanks the Albuquerque basin to the east...
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    subbasin of the San Luis Valley, the central part of the Albuquerque Basin, and the southern Mesilla basin from Las Cruces to El Paso are now among the most...
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    Russell, L.; Snelson, S. (1994). "Structure and tectonics of the Albuquerque basin segment of the Rio Grande Rift: Insights from reflection seismic data...
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    the center of the state that supports a bosque habitat and distinct Albuquerque Basin climate. One-third of New Mexico's land is federally owned, and the...
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    Rio Rancho, New Mexico (category Albuquerque metropolitan area)
    Spanish colonial ranches established along the Rio Grande in the Albuquerque Basin, and throughout historic Nuevo México. There were large ranches also...
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    mainly Puebloan agriculture. The valley runs through Albuquerque Basin, the location of Albuquerque, New Mexico's largest city, between the aptly named...
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    extending from the Liard River valley in northern British Columbia to the Albuquerque Basin in New Mexico, not including the Mackenzie, Richardson and British...
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    east-tilted fault-block range forming part of the eastern edge of the Albuquerque Basin in the Rio Grande rift. They are separated from the Sandia Mountains...
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    central New Mexico. They are not only an attractive backdrop to greater Albuquerque, the largest metropolitan area in New Mexico, but their elevation changes...
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    locations in Arizona and New Mexico, including the Rio Chama, the Albuquerque Basin, the Pajarito Plateau, and the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains...
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  • Conservancy District, which manages irrigation and flood control in the Albuquerque basin of central New Mexico Middle Rio Grande Development Council, a voluntary...
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    Bolson (category Basins)
    tapped for human use. * Connell, Sean D. (2001). "Stratigraphy of the Albuquerque Basin, Rio Grande Rift, Central New Mexico: A progress report". New Mexico...
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    and the geomorphic development of the Rio Grande Valley, Northern Albuquerque Basin, Central New Mexico" (PDF). New Mexico Burea of Geology and Mineral...
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    formation of the Rio Grande Rift. They form the eastern boundary of the Albuquerque Basin. The core of the range consists of Sandia granite, with a U-Pb age...
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  • in 1925 to manage the irrigation systems and control floods in the Albuquerque Basin. It is responsible for the stretch of river from the Cochiti Dam in...
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    Drainage system (geomorphology) (category Drainage basins)
    However, at this time, the river drained into a playa in the southern Albuquerque Basin where it deposited the Popotosa Formation. The upper reach of this...
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    Jemez Mountains lie in north-central New Mexico, to the north of the Albuquerque Basin in the Rio Grande rift, and span altitudes from 1,590 meters at the...
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    geologic formation exposed near Albuquerque, New Mexico. It records deposition of sediments in the Albuquerque Basin of the Rio Grande Rift after full...
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  • division. It is bounded on the east by the Albuquerque Basin, a Rio Grande Rift basin in the northern part of the Basin and Range Province. The Datil-Mogollon...
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  • Vermillion, Douglas L. (1994). Irrigation Management Transfer in the Columbia Basin: Lessons and International Implications. IWMI. p. 5. ISBN 978-92-9090-303-1...
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    Bernalillo, New Mexico (category Albuquerque metropolitan area)
    the area as well. Bernalillo lies in the Rio Grande Valley of the Albuquerque Basin on the east bank of the Rio Grande. According to the United States...
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    a closed basin during early rifting along the Rio Grande rift, and is the oldest exposed Santa Fe Group formation near the Albuquerque Basin. The beds...
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    (2008). "Refinements to the stratigraphic Santa Fe Group, northwestern Albuquerque basin, New Mexico" (PDF). New Mexico Geology. 38 (1): 14–35. Retrieved 11...
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    Algodones, New Mexico (category Albuquerque metropolitan area)
    part of the Albuquerque Metropolitan Statistical Area. Algodones lies in the Rio Grande Valley in the northeast of the Albuquerque Basin on the east bank...
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    (2008). "Refinements to the stratigraphic Santa Fe Group, northwestern Albuquerque basin, New Mexico" (PDF). New Mexico Geology. 38 (1): 14–35. Retrieved 11...
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