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... plateau , flat- tish intermontane basins and bolsones ( ephemeral interior drainage basins ) are interrupted by mountainous outcrops . The central plateau is divided into two major parts . The Mesa del Norte begins near the U.S. border ...
... plateau , flat- tish intermontane basins and bolsones ( ephemeral interior drainage basins ) are interrupted by mountainous outcrops . The central plateau is divided into two major parts . The Mesa del Norte begins near the U.S. border ...
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... Plateau are not as great as those elsewhere in the Rockies , and therefore less erosion has occurred ; Precambrian rocks have been exposed only in the deepest canyons . The plateau is actually a series of plateaus at different el ...
... Plateau are not as great as those elsewhere in the Rockies , and therefore less erosion has occurred ; Precambrian rocks have been exposed only in the deepest canyons . The plateau is actually a series of plateaus at different el ...
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... Plateau , which itself is a part of the system - although the northern portion of the plateau also is considered to be part of the Basin and Range Province of the United States - and is broken by blocks of mountain ranges and large ...
... Plateau , which itself is a part of the system - although the northern portion of the plateau also is considered to be part of the Basin and Range Province of the United States - and is broken by blocks of mountain ranges and large ...
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