Culebra Range

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The Culebra Range is a southern subrange of the Rocky Mountains known for its high peaks, including several fourteeners, that span southern Colorado into northern New Mexico.

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Culebra Range canonical 7
Culebra Peak region 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range
subrange of the Rocky Mountains
borderedBy Sangre de Cristo Range
climate alpine climate at higher elevations
contains Culebra Creek headwaters
Culebra Peak
Purgatoire River headwaters
Trinchera Peak
Vermejo Peak
fourteener
country United States
drainage Arkansas River basin
Canadian River basin
linked to: Canadian River

Rio Grande basin
linked to: Rio Grande Basin
elevationMax_ft 14108
elevationMax_m 4303
extendsInto Colfax County, New Mexico
Costilla County, Colorado
Las Animas County, Colorado
geology Precambrian igneous and metamorphic rocks
hasHighestPoint Culebra Peak
knownFor fourteeners
high peaks
private-land access issues on Culebra Peak
locatedIn North America
United States
northern New Mexico
southern Colorado
linked to: Southern Colorado
namedAfter Culebra Peak
nameLanguage Spanish
nameMeaning snake
orogeny Laramide orogeny
partOf Rocky Mountains
Sangre de Cristo Mountains
rangeType fault-block range
region Southern Rocky Mountains
vegetation alpine tundra
subalpine forest

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Costilla County, Colorado hasFeature Culebra Range
Southern Rocky Mountains contains Culebra Range
Colorado State Highway 12 traverses Culebra Range
Blood of Christ Mountains contains Culebra Range
Culebra Peak isPartOf Culebra Range
Sangre de Cristo region contains Culebra Range
Sangre de Cristo Land Grant contains Culebra Peak region
linked to: Culebra Range
Costilla County contains Culebra Range