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Ecoregions of New Mexico Ecoregions of New Mexico 20 Colorado Plateaus 20b Shale Deserts and Sedimentary Basins 22 20c Semiarid Benchlands and Canyonlands iver 20 R r 26 Mancos e 21 UTAH v i 20d Arid Canyonlands 21d 21 21j R COLORADO 20 26f a 21d t 21e 21g 21j on er 20b a 22b rr Riv l 21a a OKLAHOM r 21h 21d P 21j im 20d e 22a C 21 Southern Rockies a iv 20c Navajo 21g Dry 26f 26 L R Reservoir 21f 21d 21h 21c 21b 21e Raton 21a Alpine Zone 21b 21b as Capulin m Aztec 21f 21b 21a Shiprock Farmington ni Tierra 21g 21j 21f Volcano NM 21b Crystalline Subalpine Forests S A 21f Heron an Jua Amarilla n Res. 21b 21h 26h 21c Crystalline Mid-Elevation Forests Morgan River 21f 21d A Lake 21f 21g 25c El Vado 21e 21c 21a 21b 21d Foothill Woodlands and Shrublands 21f Reservoir 21b 26h 21h 21d 26l 21j 22f 21c 21a 21e Sedimentary Subalpine Forests e 21f 21c R d C 21d 21c Clayton i n o 21b h a 21e 21c 21f Sedimentary Mid-Elevation Forests r a 21b C 25e c 21f G 21f C o a 21c Taos n 21g Volcanic Subalpine 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Near-Rockies Valleys and Mesas ZUN 23c MATEO MT Bernalillo 23f SANDIA MTNS adian I MTNS 23d Can SAN 23g 23f 26h Tucumcari 23 Arizona/New Mexico Mountains 22g 23f ver Ri Grants P 26n 23a Chihuahuan Desert Slopes ni eco Zu Albuquerque s R Santa Rosa 23b Madrean Lower Montane Woodlands io San Jose Lake 26d ES 23e CARPMENT 23c Montane Conifer Forests ARIZONA 22m 23f Santa Rosa 22k K 23d Arizona/New Mexico Subalpine Forests 23e R ROC 22j iv CAP e 23e Conifer Woodlands and Savannas El Malpais 23e Los Lunas r NM 23c R Estancia 23f Rocky Mountain Conifer Forests i o P ANO MTNS 23g Rocky Mountain Subalpine Forests u 26p e r 22m c 26p 25i o Lake MANZ Sumner L 24 Chihuahuan Deserts 26h 26h 26p L Clovis 24a Chihuahuan Basins and Playas Fort Sumner 24b Chihuahuan Desert Grasslands A 23c 24c Low Mountains and Bajadas 23c N 25j 23e 26h 23e 24d Chihuahuan Montane Woodlands 23f 24f Rio Grande Floodplain O Portales 26h 26o 24g Gypsiferous Dunes 22l Socorro 24h Lava Malpais 23c 23d 24b 23c 23c SAN MA SAN FRANCISCO MTNS 23 23d 23e 25 High Plains PLAINS OF SAN23c AGUSTIN 23f E TEXAS 25b Rolling Sand Plains TEO M 24b Reserve 24d 25c Moderate Relief Plains 23d 23c S TNS 23f 23d Carrizozo 25e Canadian/Cimarron High Plains 23e 23c 24a 23f 23c 23f 23g T 25j 25i Llano Estacado r 23e e v 25j Shinnery Sands i 24b A 25k R 24h Bitter 23d 23e 25 E Lake 25k Arid Llano Estacado G M C N Roswell O A 23a G R Elephant 23g R O 23d 24h io M H 23c o do A L Butte n E 26 Southwestern Tablelands L O Reservoir S N K Two Rivers C o MTNS SACRAMENTO MT an c C Reservoir 26d Semiarid Canadian Breaks S Fr cis A D an A 24d 26q L L JORNADA DEL MUERTO E 25i B 26f Mesa de Maya/Black Mesa R T O O 23c 24c u Felix l a Rio 26h Pinyon-Juniper Woodlands and Savannas o r Truth Or Consequences i 24d R o s Caballo 23c 23d Reservoir a 24a 26l Upper Canadian Plateau S P 25k 24d A 26m Canadian Canyons 23b M 24g e N 23c c Lovington im 23f NS o b s 26n Conchas/Pecos Plains 24a 23b r r 25j e e s Artesia 24c A v E i R Alamogordo N R S i i 26o Central New Mexico Plains R o C v R D e A i r R Silver Pen~ v R White asco e E P Hobbs 26p Pluvial Lake Basins r M S 24 City Sands NM E Gila R N io T 26q Southern New Mexico Dissected Plains 24c M 24a 23c T Y N E G Brantley Reservoir CONTIN 24b r S L 24d L an Lake Avalon 79 Madrean Archipelago de A V 25j 24c 24b 24c GUADALUPE MTNS 79a Apachian Valleys and Low Hills 24c O Carlsbad 24c Lordsburg ENT 24c R 24b 79b Lower Madrean Woodlands G A 24b Salt N 23a 79c Madrean Pine-Oak and Mixed Conifer Forests AL 24d A Lake Deming M S 24b Las Cruces T O N R r DIVID k ive 79 S R c a 24a A l 79b L 24a B 24c U Carlsbad 24f T CITING THIS MAP: Griffith, G.E., Omernik, J.M., E 23a Caverns NP 24d 24h McGraw, M.M., Jacobi, G.Z., Canavan, C.M., 24c 24b 24c Red Bluff Schrader, T.S., Mercer, D., Hill, R., and Moran, B.C., 24c 24b TEXAS 23 Reservoir 79b 79b 24c 2006, Ecoregions of New Mexico (color poster with map, descriptive text, summary tables, and 24c El Paso MEXICO photographs): Reston, Virginia, U.S. Geological 15 10 5 0 30 60 mi 79b 79c Level III ecoregion Ciudad Juarez MTNS Survey (map scale 1:1,400,000). ANIMAS VALLEY 79c S MTNS 79b Level IV ecoregion 30 20 10 0 60 120 km CILLO 79b 79a County boundary Ecoregion maps, publications, GIS files, and contact ANIMA Albers equal area projection State boundary 24 Pecos PELON 79b Standard parallels 33˚ N and 36˚ N information are available at 79a International boundary 79b 79b Continental divide www.epa.gov/wed/pages/ecoregions.htm..
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