Raton Mountains

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The Raton Mountains are a volcanic-origin mountain range in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico, forming a key segment of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and a major geographic gateway between the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Raton Mountains canonical 1
Raton Range 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range ⓘ
adjacentTo Great Plains ⓘ
Raton Basin ⓘ
age Cenozoic ⓘ
ageDetail Late Cretaceous to early Cenozoic volcanism ⓘ
climate montane continental climate ⓘ
contains Fishers Peak ⓘ
Fishers Peak State Park ⓘ
Raton Mesa ⓘ
linked to: Raton Mesa region

Raton Pass ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crossedBy Amtrak Southwest Chief route ⓘ
linked to: Southwest Chief

BNSF Railway ⓘ
Interstate 25 ⓘ
Raton Pass ⓘ
U.S. Route 87 NERFINISHED ⓘ
ecoregion Southern Rocky Mountains ecoregion ⓘ
formsGatewayBetween Great Plains ⓘ
Rocky Mountains ⓘ
geologicalOrigin volcanic ⓘ
geologicProvince Raton Basin ⓘ
highestPass Raton Pass ⓘ
importantFor historical travel route across southern Rocky Mountains ⓘ
transportation corridor between Colorado and New Mexico ⓘ
locatedIn Colorado ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
locatedInRegion northern New Mexico ⓘ
southern Colorado ⓘ
linked to: Southern Colorado
mountainSystem Rocky Mountains ⓘ
namedAfter Raton Pass ⓘ
nameLanguage Spanish ⓘ
nameMeaning mouse (ratón in Spanish) ⓘ
nearCity Raton, New Mexico ⓘ
Trinidad, Colorado ⓘ
partOf Sangre de Cristo Mountains ⓘ
rockType andesite ⓘ
basalt ⓘ
volcanic tuff ⓘ
separates Great Plains ⓘ
Southern Rocky Mountains ⓘ
vegetation mixed conifer forest ⓘ
ponderosa pine forest ⓘ
wildlifeHabitatFor black bear ⓘ
elk ⓘ
mule deer ⓘ

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

Raton Pass → namedAfter → Raton Mountains ⓘ
Raton, New Mexico → borderedBy → Raton Range ⓘ
subject linked to: city of Raton, New Mexico
linked to: Raton Mountains