Rio Grande Gorge
| Rio Grande Gorge | ||
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 Rio Grande Gorge, in the background the Sangre de Cristo mountains |
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| location | New Mexico (USA) | |
| Waters | Rio Grande | |
| Geographical location | 36 ° 29 ′ N , 105 ° 44 ′ W | |
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| length | 125 km | |
The Rio Grande Gorge is by the Rio Grande into the basalt of the Taos Plateau cut 125 km long and up to 300 meters deep gorge about 15 km northwest of Taos in New Mexico . The gorge is particularly well-known for its hot springs ( Manby Hot Springs , Blackrock Hot Spring ) and numerous petroglyphs . The Rio Grande Gorge Bridge spans the Rio Grande Gorge .
The gorge was designated as the Río Grande Wild and Scenic River in 1968 and part of the then designated Rio Grande del Norte National Monument in 2013 .
On the slopes of the gorge, populations of Echinocereus triglochidiatus HK 1296 grow , which have found numerous fans in Germany as hardy cacti.
Web links
Commons : Rio Grande Gorge - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files
- Linda Thompson: The Rio Grande Gorge and the Geology that Formed It. Retrieved November 28, 2009 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wild Rivers & Orilla Verde Recreation Areas. (pdf; 1.0 MB) (No longer available online.) Bureau of Land Management, archived from the original on August 7, 2009 ; accessed on November 28, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Craig Martin: Manby Hot Springs. Retrieved November 28, 2009 .
- ↑ Craig Martin: Blackrock Hot Spring. Retrieved November 28, 2009 .
- ↑ Echinocereus Online - The first electronic magazine about the genus Echinocereus. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 24, 2009 ; Retrieved November 29, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
