| 词条 | New Mexico Bootheel |
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New Mexico's Bootheel comprises the southwestern corner of New Mexico. As part of the Gadsden Purchase it is bounded on the east by the Mexican state of Chihuahua along a line at {{coord|31|47|0|N|108|12|30|W}} extending south to latitude 31°20′0″N at {{coord|31|20|0|N|108|12|30|W}}. The bootheel's southern border is shared between the Mexican States of Chihuahua and Sonora along latitude 31°20′0″N, while the western border with Arizona is along meridian 109°03′0″W at {{coord|31|20|0|N|109|03|0|W}}, bounding an area of 50 by {{convert|30|mi|km}} and comprising {{convert|1500|sqmi|km2}}. It is characterized by basin and range topography with three north south trending mountain ranges, the Peloncillo Mountains, the Animas Mountains, and the Big Hatchet Mountains, separated by four valleys, the San Simon, Animas, Playas, and Hachita Valleys. A single road traverses just north of the bootheel, New Mexico State Road 9, while New Mexico State Road 80 (former US-80) skirts the western edge running south through the San Simon Valley. The other two roads in the bootheel are State Road 338 running down Animas Valley and State Road 81 running from Hachita to Antelope Wells, a border crossing. The bootheel is a sparsely populated (population density < 1 person/square mile) region known primarily as a cattle-ranching area, with the best-known ranch being the {{convert|500|sqmi|km2|adj=on}} Diamond A Ranch in the Animas Valley,[1] although mining also played a part in the development of the bootheel with the abandoned mining town of old Hachita.[2] Land ownership is divided between publicly owned state and federal lands covering much of the mountain ranges and private lands in the valleys.[3] The Bootheel's only settlement is Antelope Wells, while the towns of Rodeo, Animas, and Hachita lie just to the northwest, north, and northeast respectively. The former Phelps Dodge mining town of Playas is now a training facility for the United States Department of Homeland Security. References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/newmexico/preserves/art1156.html |title=Diamond A ranch}} {{Hidalgo County, New Mexico}}2. ^{{cite web |url=http://home.swbell.net/lwsumner/oldhachita.htm |title=Old Hachita |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20000818183435/http://home.swbell.net/lwsumner/oldhachita.htm |archivedate=2000-08-18 |df= }} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/pdf/fedlands/nm.pdf |title=Map of Federal lands in New Mexico}} 5 : New Mexico Bootheel|Chihuahuan Desert|Border irregularities of the United States|Geography of New Mexico|Geography of Hidalgo County, New Mexico |
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