Raton Mountains

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The Raton Mountains are a volcanic-origin mountain range in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico, forming a key segment of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and a major geographic gateway between the Great Plains and the Rocky Mountains.

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Raton Mountains canonical 1
Raton Range 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range
adjacentTo Great Plains
Raton Basin
age Cenozoic
ageDetail Late Cretaceous to early Cenozoic volcanism
climate montane continental climate
contains Fishers Peak
Fishers Peak State Park
Raton Mesa
linked to: Raton Mesa region

Raton Pass
country United States
crossedBy Amtrak Southwest Chief route
linked to: Southwest Chief

BNSF Railway
Interstate 25
Raton Pass
U.S. Route 87 NERFINISHED
ecoregion Southern Rocky Mountains ecoregion
formsGatewayBetween Great Plains
Rocky Mountains
geologicalOrigin volcanic
geologicProvince Raton Basin
highestPass Raton Pass
importantFor historical travel route across southern Rocky Mountains
transportation corridor between Colorado and New Mexico
locatedIn Colorado
New Mexico
locatedInRegion northern New Mexico
southern Colorado
linked to: Southern Colorado
mountainSystem Rocky Mountains
namedAfter Raton Pass
nameLanguage Spanish
nameMeaning mouse (ratón in Spanish)
nearCity Raton, New Mexico
Trinidad, Colorado
partOf Sangre de Cristo Mountains
rockType andesite
basalt
volcanic tuff
separates Great Plains
Southern Rocky Mountains
vegetation mixed conifer forest
ponderosa pine forest
wildlifeHabitatFor black bear
elk
mule deer

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Raton Pass namedAfter Raton Mountains
Raton, New Mexico borderedBy Raton Range
subject linked to: city of Raton, New Mexico
linked to: Raton Mountains