Pecos Valley

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Pecos Valley is a historic region in northern New Mexico known for its long-standing Indigenous settlements, Spanish colonial missions, and distinctive high-desert landscape.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Pecos River Valley 3
Pecos Valley canonical 2
Pecos River valley 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
historic region
administrativeRegion San Miguel County, New Mexico NERFINISHED
climate semi-arid climate
colonialHistory Spanish colonial frontier region
contains Pecos National Historical Park
Pecos Pueblo
Pecos, New Mexico
linked to: Pecos
containsArchaeologicalSite Pecos Pueblo ruins
linked to: Pecos Pueblo
country United States
elevation high elevation basin
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Hispano communities of New Mexico
Indigenous communities of New Mexico
hasEconomicActivity outdoor recreation
ranching
tourism
hasEcosystem high desert grassland
piñon-juniper woodland
riparian corridor along Pecos River
hasLandscape high-desert landscape
hasStructure Spanish colonial mission church
heritageType Indigenous heritage landscape
Spanish colonial heritage landscape
historicallyInhabitedBy Apache groups
Comanche groups
linked to: Comanche

Puebloan peoples
linked to: Pueblo peoples

Towa-speaking peoples
knownFor Spanish colonial missions
distinctive high-desert landscape
long-standing Indigenous settlements
languageHeritage English language
Spanish language
linked to: Spanish

Towa language
locatedIn United States
northern New Mexico
near Sangre de Cristo Mountains
partOf Southern Rocky Mountains region
Upper Pecos River basin
popularFor cultural heritage tourism
fishing
hiking
recognizedBy National Park Service (via Pecos National Historical Park)
timePeriodOfContinuousOccupation pre-contact era to historic period
traversedBy Pecos River

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

SR 502 near Pojoaque Valley
linked to: Pecos Valley
Sacramento Mountains borderedBy Pecos River Valley
linked to: Pecos Valley
Llano Estacado borders Pecos River valley
linked to: Pecos Valley
Hagerman partOf Pecos River Valley
linked to: Pecos Valley
Pecos Pueblo locatedIn Pecos River Valley
linked to: Pecos Valley