San Andres Mountains

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The San Andres Mountains are a long, rugged mountain range in south-central New Mexico that form part of the Basin and Range Province and lie adjacent to White Sands National Park.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
San Andres Mountains canonical 5

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range ⓘ
access limited due to military reservations ⓘ
adjacentTo Jornada del Muerto ⓘ
Tularosa Basin ⓘ
White Sands National Park ⓘ
borderedBy Organ Mountains ⓘ
Oscura Mountains ⓘ
climate arid ⓘ
closestCity Las Cruces, New Mexico ⓘ
contains San Andres National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
drainage internally drained basins ⓘ
ecosystem Chihuahuan Desert ⓘ
elevation approximately 9,040 feet ⓘ
elevationMax approximately 9,040 feet ⓘ
formsBoundaryWith Jornada del Muerto Basin ⓘ
Tularosa Basin ⓘ
geologicalProcess normal faulting ⓘ
geologicalProvince Basin and Range Province ⓘ
geologicalSetting fault-block mountains ⓘ
highestPoint Salinas Peak ⓘ
length approximately 120 miles ⓘ
locatedIn Doña Ana County, New Mexico ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Sierra County, New Mexico ⓘ
south-central New Mexico ⓘ
mountainSystem Rocky Mountains (informal southern extension context) ⓘ
linked to: Rocky Mountains
namedFor San Andrés (Spanish name for Saint Andrew) ⓘ
linked to: Saint Andrew
near White Sands Missile Range ⓘ
notableFeature long, continuous ridgeline ⓘ
steep eastern escarpment above Tularosa Basin ⓘ
orientation north–south ⓘ
overlooks White Sands dune field ⓘ
parallelTo Rio Grande ⓘ
partOf Basin and Range Province ⓘ
physiographicSection Mexican Highland section of Basin and Range Province ⓘ
protectedAreaWithin San Andres National Wildlife Refuge ⓘ
region southwestern United States ⓘ
rockType limestone ⓘ
sedimentary rock ⓘ
separatedFrom Rio Grande Rift ⓘ
state New Mexico ⓘ
terrain rugged ⓘ
vegetation desert grassland ⓘ
piñon–juniper woodland (higher elevations) ⓘ
wildlifeHabitat desert bighorn sheep ⓘ
pronghorn ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Tularosa Basin region → boundedBy → San Andres Mountains ⓘ
Oscura Mountains → locatedNear → San Andres Mountains ⓘ
San Andres Mountains foothills → partOf → San Andres Mountains ⓘ
San Andres Mountains foothills → hasParentRange → San Andres Mountains ⓘ