Points of Interest ~ Tucumcari, NM
Posted by: YoSam.
N 35° 08.551 W 103° 43.494
13S E 616156 N 3889591
Llano Estacado and the Tucumcari Mountain.
Waymark Code: WM6QME
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 07/09/2009
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Map Provided by: New Mexico Official Scenic Historic Marker.
County of Map: Quay County.
Location of Map: on the back of historic marker "Llano Estacado"; Southern limits, Tucumcari.
Highway "18" on this map is now marked as NM-209.
Read More about this area: Llano Estacado or read: Llano Estacado
Marker Text:
LLANO ESTACADO
Sediments shed from the rising mountains to the west formed the Llano Estacado, later to be bypassed by streams such as the Pecos and Canadian Rivers and left standing in bold relief with a relatively level, uneroded caprock surface. Croplands on the plain are irrigated using "fossil" water pumped from underground aquifers.