Albuquerque Basin

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The Albuquerque Basin is a major structural and sedimentary basin in central New Mexico that forms part of the Rio Grande Rift and hosts much of the Albuquerque metropolitan area.

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Label Occurrences
Albuquerque Basin canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf sedimentary basin ⓘ
structural basin ⓘ
basinType extensional basin ⓘ
boundedBy Jemez Mountains ⓘ
Manzano Mountains ⓘ
Sandia Mountains ⓘ
West Mesa ⓘ
uplifted fault blocks ⓘ
climate semiarid ⓘ
contains Albuquerque metropolitan area ⓘ
Bosque riparian corridor ⓘ
City of Albuquerque ⓘ
linked to: Albuquerque

Rio Grande ⓘ
Rio Grande floodplain ⓘ
linked to: Rio Grande basin

Santa Fe Group ⓘ
alluvial deposits ⓘ
fault zones ⓘ
fluvial sediments ⓘ
groundwater aquifers ⓘ
normal faults ⓘ
volcanic rocks ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
drainage Rio Grande ⓘ
economicImportance supports Albuquerque metropolitan economy ⓘ
filledWith Santa Fe Group sediments ⓘ
formedBy crustal extension ⓘ
geologicAge Cenozoic ⓘ
geologicalProvince Rio Grande Rift ⓘ
hasFeature asymmetric basin geometry ⓘ
thick basin-fill sediments ⓘ
hasProcess ongoing subsidence ⓘ
sediment accumulation ⓘ
hydrologicFeature Albuquerque Basin aquifer ⓘ
locatedIn New Mexico ⓘ
central New Mexico ⓘ
locatedOn North American Plate ⓘ
majorCityInBasin Albuquerque ⓘ
Belen ⓘ
Los Lunas ⓘ
Rio Rancho ⓘ
partOf Rio Grande Rift ⓘ
region Southwestern United States ⓘ
scientificInterest important for hydrogeologic studies ⓘ
key area for rift tectonics research ⓘ
state New Mexico ⓘ
tectonicSetting continental rift ⓘ
usedFor agricultural water supply ⓘ
municipal water supply ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rio Grande Rift → contains → Albuquerque Basin ⓘ