[DOC] [TLE] White Sands National Monument - Wikipedia [PAR] The White Sands National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located about 
16 miles (26 km) southwest of Alamogordo in western Otero County and 
northeastern Doa Ana County in the state of New Mexico, at an elevation of 
4,235 feet (1,291 m). The area is in the mountain-ringed Tularosa Basin and 
comprises the .... Unlike dunes made of quartz-based sand crystals, the gypsum 
does not... [DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about US Geography - StudyStack [PAR] The gypsum sand in this New Mexico national monument comes from the 
mountains flanking the valley, White Sands. North Carolina site known as known 
as... [DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about U.S GEOGRAPHY - StudyStack [PAR] THE GYPSUM SAND IN THIS NM NATIONAL MONUMENT COMES FROM THE 
MOUNTAINS FLANKING THE VALLEY, WHITE SANDS. THE 2ND-LARGEST... [DOC] [TLE] White Sands - Explore Nature - National Park Service [PAR] Jan 4, 2005 ... White Sands National Monument, New Mexico ... Here, great wave-like dunes of 
gypsum sand have engulfed 275 square miles of desert and... [DOC] [TLE] N A T I O N A L M O N U M E N T - National Park Service History [PAR] Rippled dunes of snowlike gypsum, with plants and animals adapted to a strange 
... Basin of south-central New Mexico. The glistening sea of sand has been drifted 
by the wind into ... are found in the mountain ranges flanking the valley. Similar 
gypsum beds lie beneath .... come stabilized by the established vegetation. [DOC] [TLE] White Sands National Monument (DesertUSA) [PAR] Comprehensive, multi-page guide to New Mexico's White Sands National ... in 
the northern Chihuahuan Desert is a mountain-ringed valley encompassing one 
... Here, giant, wave-like dunes of gypsum sand move across 275 square miles of
... [DOC] [TLE] The Volcanoes and Igneous Landforms of New Mexico ... - Hcc Home [PAR] 1) Upper Tertiary - Santa Fe Formation - mostly unconsolidated gravel, sand, silt, 
... The Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument is a remarkable outdoor .... 
valley, formed as the result of Rio Grande rift extension starting about 25 million 
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National ... of visitors to Carlsbad Caverns National Park each year, only a 
handful come for ... Beautiful mountains surround deep valleys and thick forests 
are interspersed ... pure white gypsum sand that is found in this amazing national 
monument. [DOC] [TLE] Parks & Monuments Ghost Ranch Chapter [PAR] Chama Basin, which roughly follows the valley of the Rio Chama. This basin is ... 
Tertiary age that runs down the center of New Mexico. To the south ... The Tusas 
Mountains include a variety of Precambrian rocks that ... CARSON NATIONAL 
FOREST .... Sandstone deposits at Ghost Ranch are remnants of a vast sand 
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between two towering mountain ranges, the gypsum sand ... Physical Resources 
Foundation Report: White Sands National Monument. ... families from the Rio 
Grande Valley moved to the area and ... water sources flanking the old salt lake. [DOC] [TLE] New Mexico - Mi Casa Su Casa Bed and Breakfast Reservation ... [PAR] On a west-facing flank of the Sacramento Mountains, the Apache used this deep 
... Home to Sandia National Laboratories, the University of New Mexico and ... 
www.cabq.gov/museum Exhibits depict Rio Grande Valley history pre-1680 to 
...... is an awesome natural phenomenon - heaving snow-white dunes of gypsum 
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