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Northern Mexico is famous for its unique aquatic and terrestrial habitats including tufa deposits, gypsum dunes, thermal and non-thermal springs, crystalline spring fed streams, cenotes (sinkholes), and marshes, located in ... of years has blown into dunes that used to exceed 50 ft. in height, (now 20 ft. as a result of mining). There are only 2 other gypsum dunes in North America. Another ...
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Unique habitats further distinguish the area including tufa deposits, gypsum dunes, thermal and non-thermal springs, crystalline spring fed streams, marshes and cenotes (sink holes). The ... Cienegas Valley, are an extensive series of cenotes, or small desert springs, that formed in gypsum deposits. Within these sink holes, ground water rises to within 3-6 feet of ...
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SBN Feature Article: May 1997
These include the Sea of Cortez, Sian Ka'an biosphere reserve, and the white gypsum dunes of Cuatro Cienegas, Coahuila, recently featured in National Geographic. Mexico also has the Copper Canyon ...
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ASM | Mammals of Oklahoma
Live & hibernate (singly or in groups) in gypsum caves & caverns under granite boulders. May forage close to ground. Pallid Bat Antrozous ... than Desert Cottontail. Associated with stream valleys, grassy, forested, & brushy areas; possibly in dunes. Black-tailed Jackrabbit Lepus californicus Common Statewide, except extreme southeast corner; more abundant ...
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Threatened and Endangered Plants
When Listed......181 Critical Habitat.17.96(a) Special Rule.....NA Common Name......Antioch Dunes evening-primrose Scientific Name..Oenothera deltoides ssp. howellii Historic Range...U.S.A. (CA ... Brassicaceae Status...........E When Listed......511 Critical Habitat.NA Special Rule.....NA Common Name......Gypsum wild-buckwheat Scientific Name..Eriogonum gypsophilum Historic Range...U.S.A. (NM) Plant ...
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NvWF Places - Red Rock Geology
Exposure of the sediments to the atmosphere allowed some of the minerals ... -mile deep in some spots. As the wind shifted the sands back and forth, old dunes were leveled and new ones built up leaving a record of curving, angled lines in ...
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Lake Titicaca
There are soaring mountains colored crimson by the setting sun. There are graceful sand dunes following one another as far as the eye can see. There are lakes set in ... the whitest white I have seen anywhere on the earth. Whiter even then the extraordinary gypsum sand dunes of southern New Mexico, a favorite play ground of my early youth. There are ...
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White Sands, New Mexico
The brilliant white sand dunes cover an area of nearly 230 square miles, with many dunes rising to over 60 feet. The best time to visit the dunes ... absolutely beautiful on the shimmering sands. Wander far out upon the dunes and spend hours playing and lying in the sand. The ... of calmness and a childlike joy in the heart. The dunes also seem to attract visitors from very, very far away; ...
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TEACH Geography
Let's go to the beach! The sandy dunes Marshes, bogs, and swamps Isle Royale Human impacts and the ... From the wetlands along Lake Ontario's shore, to the sand dunes along Lake Michigan, to the rocky shore of Lake Superior, ... silts, which, after time, were compressed into limestone, sandstone, shale, halite, and gypsum. The sea retreated from the Great Lakes region before the end ...
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