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Albuquerque Basin

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The Albuquerque Basin (or Middle Rio Grande Basin) is one of the largest and deepest of the structural basins in the Rio Grande rift. [1]

30 relations: Acoma-Zuni Section, Albuquerque volcanic field, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Algodones, New Mexico, Belen, New Mexico, Bernalillo, New Mexico, Bernardo, New Mexico, El Vado Dam, Half-graben, Irrigation district, Isleta Diversion Dam, Isleta Village Proper, New Mexico, Jemez Mountains, Ladd S. Gordon Waterfowl Complex, List of place names of Spanish origin in the United States, Lonnie Zamora incident, Los Lunas, New Mexico, Manzano Mountains, Middle Rio Grande, Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, Middle Rio Grande Project, New Mexico Environment Department, Rio Grande rift, Rio Grande Silvery Minnow v. Bureau of Reclamation, Rio Puerco (Rio Grande tributary), Rio Rancho, New Mexico, San Acacia, New Mexico, Sandia Mountains, Structural basin, Vance T. Holliday.

Acoma-Zuni Section

The Acoma-Zuni Section is a physiographic section of the larger Colorado Plateaus province, which in turn is part of the larger Intermontane Plateaus physiographic division.

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Albuquerque volcanic field

Albuquerque volcanic field is a monogenetic volcanic field in the Albuquerque Basin in New Mexico, United States.

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Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuquerque (Beeʼeldííl Dahsinil; Arawageeki; Vakêêke; Gołgéeki) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico.

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Algodones, New Mexico

Algodones is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States.

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Belen, New Mexico

Belen (Belén) is the second most populous city in Valencia County, New Mexico, United States, after its county seat, Los Lunas.

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Bernalillo, New Mexico

Bernalillo is a town in Sandoval County, New Mexico, in the United States.

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Bernardo, New Mexico

Bernardo is a tiny unincorporated community in Socorro County, New Mexico at the northern junction of US 60 and Interstate 25.

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El Vado Dam

El Vado Dam lies on the Rio Chama in the U.S. state of New Mexico, about north-northwest of New Mexico's largest city, Albuquerque and about northwest of the capital city of Santa Fe.

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Half-graben

A half-graben is a geological structure bounded by a fault along one side of its boundaries, unlike a full graben where a depressed block of land is bordered by parallel faults.

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Irrigation district

In the United States an irrigation district is a cooperative, self-governing public corporation set up as a subdivision of the State government, with definite geographic boundaries, organized, and having taxing power to obtain and distribute water for irrigation of lands within the district; created under the authority of a State legislature with the consent of a designated fraction of the landowners or citizens.

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Isleta Diversion Dam

The Isleta Diversion Dam is a structure on the Rio Grande in the Albuquerque Basin near Isleta Village Proper, New Mexico that diverts water from the river into irrigation canals.

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Isleta Village Proper, New Mexico

Isleta Village Proper is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bernalillo County, New Mexico, United States.

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Jemez Mountains

The Jemez Mountains or Tsąmpiye'ip'įn in Jemez/Towa are a volcanic group of mountains in Rio Arriba, Sandoval, and Los Alamos counties, New Mexico, United States.

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Ladd S. Gordon Waterfowl Complex

The Ladd S. Gordon Waterfowl Complex is a group of four conservation area in New Mexico devoted to assisting birdlife in the region.

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List of place names of Spanish origin in the United States

As a consequence of former Spanish and, later, Mexican sovereignty over lands that are now part of the United States, there are many places in the country, mostly in the southwest, with names of Spanish origin.

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Lonnie Zamora incident

The Lonnie Zamora incident was an alleged UFO close encounter which occurred on Friday, April 24, 1964, at about 5:50 p.m., on the outskirts of Socorro, New Mexico.

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Los Lunas, New Mexico

Los Lunas is a village in Valencia County, New Mexico, in the United States.

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Manzano Mountains

The Manzano Mountains are a small mountain range in the central part of the US State of New Mexico.

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Middle Rio Grande

Middle Rio Grande may refer to.

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Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District

The Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District (MRGCD) was formed in 1925 to manage the irrigation systems and control floods in the Albuquerque Basin.

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Middle Rio Grande Project

The Middle Rio Grande Project manages water in the Albuquerque Basin of New Mexico, United States.

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New Mexico Environment Department

The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) is a state government agency responsible for "protecting and restoring the environment of the state of New Mexico to foster a healthy and prosperous New Mexico for present and future generations," according to its mission statement.

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Rio Grande rift

The Rio Grande Rift is a north-trending continental rift zone.

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Rio Grande Silvery Minnow v. Bureau of Reclamation

Rio Grande Silvery Minnow v. Bureau of Reclamation, called Rio Grande Silvery Minnow v. Keys in its earlier phases, was a case launched in 1999 by a group of environmentalists against the United States Bureau of Reclamation and the United States Army Corps of Engineers alleging violations of the Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act.

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Rio Puerco (Rio Grande tributary)

The Rio Puerco is a tributary of the Rio Grande in the U.S. state of New Mexico.

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Rio Rancho, New Mexico

Rio Rancho (Río Rancho) is the largest city and economic hub of Sandoval County in the U.S. state of New Mexico.

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San Acacia, New Mexico

San Acacia is a small unincorporated community in Socorro County, New Mexico, United States.

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Sandia Mountains

The Sandia Mountains (Southern Tiwa: Posu gai hoo-oo, Navajo: Dził Nááyisí) are a mountain range located in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties, immediately to the east of the city of Albuquerque in New Mexico in the southwestern United States.

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Structural basin

A structural basin is a large-scale structural formation of rock strata formed by tectonic warping of previously flat-lying strata.

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Vance T. Holliday

Vance T. Holliday (born 1950) currently serves as a professor in the School of Anthropology and the department of Geosciences as well as an adjunct professor in the department of Geography at the University of Arizona in Tucson.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albuquerque_Basin

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