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Mescalero Ridge
(Mescalero Escarpment)
Escarpment between Caprock and Maljamar
Highest point
Elevation4,462 ft (1,360 m)[1]
Prominence200 ft (61 m)
Coordinates33°02′35″N 103°51′13″W / 33.04306°N 103.85361°W / 33.04306; -103.85361[1]
Geography
Mescalero Ridge is located in New Mexico
Mescalero Ridge
Mescalero Ridge
Location in Eastern New Mexico
Geology
Age of rockQuaternary
Mountain typeCaliche

The Mescalero Ridge forms the western edge of the great Llano Estacado, a vast plateau or tableland in the southwestern United States in New Mexico and Texas.[2][3] It is the western equivalent of the Caprock Escarpment, which defines the eastern edge of the Llano Estacado.

  1. ^ a b "Mescalero Ridge". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Price, A.P. 1977. Mescalero Sandhills of Cochran and Yoakum Counties, Texas. Master's thesis, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, 253 pp.
  3. ^ Henderson, D. 2006. An Introduction to the Mescalero Sands Ecosystem. Master's thesis, Texas A&M University, 42 pp.

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