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<br /> <br />t.:J <br />C,j <br />C\J <br />CJ <br /> <br />L) <br />'}' <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />....-, <br /> <br />~ ~, "~_~_,;n. ~ ,.,....__~.' .,,,", <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />Culebra RanBe. <br />The river, rormed by mu::erOl18 ::JmaJ.J. br--...noheo on the <br />\'TOs+,ern 3~:J'. or this rsnse, fJ.ovre in a. northwoster1;y c11reo- <br />t1on. l.eaV1D6 the oanon :;:>roper abont ~ m11.08 1I0\1.1Ih or the Colo- <br />rado state 11ne and O1'08s1ng that line into Col.onao at the <br />town of C08111118. 1h'cm tbia point it makes a sw1D8 o~ appsoox.- <br />iJ:late17 13 mile" t!:lrough Colorado, caning back &01"088 the line <br />n1nt miles w8at or Costilla a.."'ld a!lOl1t one mile lJ"-8t or the Rio <br />Grande, from which point it flows into the 1110 G~ about one <br />o.nd one-hnl:t cl1es below, juot northwest of 11te Moanta:1n. <br />In eme1"g1.ne from the canon, the rl VOl" noms aoross 6. <br />1.::\1"66 1>od3' or cent17 olopin,g land, 13ing both in CoJ.or.1do ana. <br />!rew nexico. COl!Ip81'at1vel;r omll area.s along the river near the <br />foothills, 3nd o:':lall :1"rB8montlU7 p1e08a in the CI'.:tOn, \'1'91"8 brought <br />und.er irr~ ion ~ y-ea.rs I""':.'j'o bj" the ear11est settlers. Th1Jl <br />vms not dtllle b7 a.rJT oonprehenslve s;'18tem but by a. ereat l'll8l1y' in- <br />d1v1dunJ, ana. o~n1t)" d1tcMa. <br />'1'h1o bo~ or 1:md 4r1ne- beo~een tho rootlli1,le on the <br />e~at al'ld tho Rio c':rande on the wost,both to tho north and the <br />S011th of the Costl1la il1vor. lies exoellt1onal.l;r well :Zo:r irr!- <br />c,.t1on and o':'l a. rule i:J oOr.'lposed of n deep, :r0rt1~o sol3.. Ito <br />olov"t1 n is 1n the neighborhoOd or 7,i):):) to 7. 700 ~e')t above <br />;)':\ lovel, The o.vora;~ o.:'1.'lUl:\l ?r~c1p1ta.t10n 1:1 01030 to t'\"191ve <br /> <br />i:1<.:ho9 1:1 :.lepth, !l.JO"J.t 0:10 ho.l': of' trhien 1'allJ d=:,:e the groo- <br /> <br />-11- <br />