Blood of Christ Mountains

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Blood of Christ Mountains is the English name for the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, a prominent and scenic mountain range in the southern Rocky Mountains of Colorado and New Mexico.

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Blood of Christ Mountains canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
mountain range
subrange of the Rocky Mountains
borders Arkansas River Valley
Rio Grande Rift
San Luis Valley
contains Culebra Range
Great Sand Dunes area foothills
Pecos Wilderness
Sangre de Cristo Range
Santa Fe Mountains
linked to: Jemez Mountains

Taos Mountains
country United States
drainageTo Arkansas River
Rio Grande
extendsInto northern New Mexico
southern Colorado
linked to: Southern Colorado
geologicalType fault-block range
hasAlternativeName Sangre de Cristo Mountains
hasCharacteristic prominent
scenic
hasEnglishName Blood of Christ Mountains
hasEtymology named for red hues of mountains at sunrise and sunset
hasHighestSubrange Sangre de Cristo Mountains (New Mexico)
Sangre de Cristo Range (Colorado)
hasNameLanguage English
hasNotablePeak Blanca Peak
Culebra Peak
Mount Herard
Truchas Peak
linked to: South Truchas Peak

Wheeler Peak
hasVegetation alpine tundra
montane forests
subalpine forests
locatedIn Colorado
New Mexico
United States
nameMeaning Blood of Christ
orogeny Laramide orogeny
partOf Rocky Mountains
Southern Rocky Mountains
passesThrough Alamosa County, Colorado
Costilla County, Colorado
Huerfano County, Colorado
Mora County, New Mexico
Santa Fe County, New Mexico
linked to: Santa Fe County

Taos County, New Mexico
usedFor hiking
mountaineering
recreation
skiing

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Sangre de Cristo Mountains nameMeaning Blood of Christ Mountains
Blood of Christ Mountains hasEnglishName Blood of Christ Mountains