Río Casas Grandes, Río del Carmen, Mimbres River or Río Santa María
Catchment area
60,000 square kilometres (23,000 sq mi)
Max. length
130 miles (210 km)
Max. width
40 miles (64 km)
Surface area
3,500 square miles (9,100 km2)
In this aerial photograph of the Guzmán Sink (northwestern) portion of the Lake Palomas area, looking over Columbus, New Mexico (foreground), Puerto Palomas, Chihuahua, is in the center, with its near edge defining the international border. The small terminal lake in the upper left is known as Laguna Palomas, and dry white playas are visible beyond it.
Lake Palomas is a former lake in New Mexico, United States, and Chihuahua, Mexico. This lake was relatively large and reached a size of about 9,100 square kilometres (3,500 sq mi) during its highstands. Preceded by Lake Cabeza de Vaca, it formed during the Pleistocene and continued into the Holocene, when several different lake phases occurred. Presently its basin is a major source of airborne dust in the region.
airborne dust in the region. LakePalomas is named after Puerto Palomas, Chihuahua. The northwestern part of the LakePalomas basin is also known as "Guzmán...
the Mesilla Basin by 4.5 million years and the Palomas basin by 3.1 million years ago, forming LakePalomas. River capture by a tributary of the Pecos River...
destination of the Rio Grande until it was captured by the Pecos River Pluvial LakePalomas in the same area, but fed by the now-endorheic Mimbres River; now a major...
La Paloma Dam re-directs here. La Paloma is an artificial lake located 27 kilometres (17 mi) southeast of the city of Ovalle, in the Coquimbo Region,...
Glacial Lake Albany was a prehistoric North American proglacial lake that formed during the end of the Wisconsinan glaciation. It existed between 15,000...
This little shell resembles the larger Bythinella palomasensis, from LakePalomas in northern Chihuahua (NAUTILUS IX, 68, Oct., 1895; Dall, Proc. U. S...
Saucos, Tenantongo, La Volanta, Casas Viejas, Mesa Rica (La Finca), Mesa de Palomas, Atesquelites (Tres Quelites), La Boquilla (Cerro el Cualtenco la Boquilla)...
boulderer when his mother took him to Custer State Park where lies Sylvan Lake and the Needles of South Dakota. At 19 years old, while living and working...
Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. She subsequently portrayed the Bond girl Paloma in the James Bond film No Time to Die (2021) and Norma Jeane in the biopic...
District #2 Hackberry School District #3 Kingman Unified School District #20 Lake Havasu Unified School District #1 Littlefield Unified School District #9...
(director/screenplay); Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin, John Krasinski, Lake Bell, Mary Kay Place, Rita Wilson, Alexandra Wentworth, Hunter Parrish, Zoe...
Renée Zellweger, Robert Jacks, Tonie Perensky, John Harrison A Month by the Lake Miramax Films John Irvin (director); Trevor Bentham (screenplay); Vanessa...
Dooley, Jayne Eastwood, Jerry Stiller, Taylor Parks, Tabitha Lupien, Ricki Lake, Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, John Waters, Anne Fletcher, Zach Woodlee, Marissa...
California (1941) Epcot, Bay Lake, Florida (1960s) Village Homes, Davis, California (1960s) Reston, Virginia (1964) Paloma Del Sol, Temecula, California...
Britain, Ukraine, Japan, South Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Argentina."; Lake 2009, p. 55: "The US has created a foundation upon which the regional powers...
the "Buffalo Soldiers" after a harsh fight. Victorio's camp near the Rio Palomas, in the Black Range, was surprised and attacked on May 23–25, 1880, but...
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was a child of Françoise Gilot and Pablo Picasso and the older brother of Paloma Picasso. By a wish on Gilot's part, he was named after Claude Gillot (1673–1722)...
Ometepe is an island formed by two volcanoes rising out of Lake Nicaragua, located in the Rivas Department of the Republic of Nicaragua. Its name derives...
road begins on the bridge of El Arte, and approximately ends at Avenida Palomas. This road connects with Avenida Hank González and communicates with the...
PVHS may refer to: Paloma Valley High School, Menifee, California Palos Verdes High School, Palos Verdes Estates, California Penobscot Valley High School...
Pigeon Island National Park, Sri Lanka Güvercinada, Turkey Isla de Las Palomas, Spain Motueka Island (Pigeon Island), New Zealand Netrani Island, or Pigeon...
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