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| Identify the 5 main rivers that flow throughout the state of New Mexico |
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Rio Grande
Gila
Canadian
San Juan
Pecos |
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Term
| This term is identified as being a long period of time with little or no rain fall. |
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| What is by far the most important resource in the state of New Mexico? It plays a role in determining where New Mexicans live. |
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| Identify where the majority of New Mexico's surface water can be found. |
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Rivers
"What new mexico mostly has" |
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Term
| This term is used to identify half of the earth. Identify this Term. |
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Hemisphere
"Toredo dives a hemi" |
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Term
| Identify the 4 different types of land provinces that are found in New Mexico |
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Great Plains
Basin Range
Rocky Mountains
Colorado Plateau |
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Term
| Life zones can also be referred to as what? |
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Ecosystem
"Grandma wants what kind of car?" |
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Term
| This term is identified as a method of transporting water to an area that has none. This is done by digging a series of ditches and dams to control the direction of water. |
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Irrigation
"Like Good Dinosaur" |
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| Identify New Mexico's largest cities in the GREAT PLAINS PROVINCE |
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Clovis "Clover"
Hobbs "Ur Uncle Matt Lived here"
Roswell "Auntie Always goes here"
Carlsbad "Caverns" |
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| Which of the following identifies one of the six life zones found within New Mexico? |
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Arctic Alpine
Hudsonian
Canadian
Transition
Upper Sonoran
Lower Sonoran |
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Term
| This term is used to describe a stream or smaller river that flows into a larger body of water, such as a river or lake. |
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| Identify a large City that is found in the BASIN & RANGE PROVINCE |
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Las Cruces "Auntie used to live"
Alamogordo "where u used to live"
Albuquerque "Where Mels sister lives" |
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Term
| Identify the water source that supplies New Mexicans with the most water. |
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Ground Water
"Cuz you've been, what?" |
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Term
| Identify the name of the location in the United States where 4 states share a common border. |
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Four Corners
"where Buela lives" |
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Term
| Identify the highest peak in the state of New Mexico? This Peak stands 13,167 ft. & can be seen as far away as Taos. |
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Wheeler Peak
"used to be called Taos (taco) Peak" |
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Term
| Identify the Portion of the Great Plains Province of New Mexico that consist of some of the flattest land in the world. |
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Llano Estacado
"ya'll know nothing" |
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Term
| What is the largest Native American Nation found near the Colorado Plateau Region? |
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| What is the Largest city found within the Colorado Plateau Province |
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Term
What are the dried Lava fields of New Mexico?
Found Near Grants & Carrizozo |
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| Identify the four sections that the rocky Mountains are divided into. |
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Canadian
Central
Southern
Northern |
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