Cimarron River love

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A river rising in northeast New Mexico and flowing about 1,130 km (700 mi) eastward across southwest Kansas to the Arkansas River in northern Oklahoma.

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  • noun a river that rises in northeastern New Mexico and flows eastward into Oklahoma where it becomes a tributary of the Arkansas River

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  • Commencing at a point where the Washita River crosses the ninety-eighth degree of west longitude, as surveyed in the years 1858 and 1871; thence north on a line with said ninety-eighth degree to the point where it is crossed by the Red Fork of the Arkansas (sometimes called the Cimarron River); thence up said river, in the middle of the main channel thereof, to the north boundary of the country ceded to the

    A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 9, part 1: Benjamin Harrison Benjamin Harrison 1867

  • In New Mexico, the valley of the Dry Cimarron River is a canyon of these exposed Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous strata.

    Ecoregions of New Mexico (EPA) 2009

  • The diversity of fish and macroinvertebrate populations in small, spring-fed, canyon tributaries to the Cimarron River is greater than in nearby ecoregions.

    Ecoregions of Oklahoma (EPA) 2009

  • Spring-fed perennial streams occur and are more common than in other parts of Ecoregions 25 and 26 in Oklahoma; they usually disappear into alluvium before reaching the Cimarron River.

    Ecoregions of Oklahoma (EPA) 2009

  • Isolated populations of the Arkansas darter occur in a few spring-fed tributaries of the Cimarron River. 26a.

    Ecoregions of Oklahoma (EPA) 2009

  • Emergency teams are busy along the rain-swollen Cimarron River.

    CNN Transcript Aug 19, 2007 2007

  • Rescue teams saved several people near the rain-swollen Cimarron River.

    CNN Transcript Aug 19, 2007 2007

  • A green-and-white sign took shape, announcing that the bridge crossed the Cimarron River.

    The Triangle Conspiracy David Kent 2006

  • The ground—green grass and red dirt—sloped downward to the south, toward the Cimarron River itself.

    The Triangle Conspiracy David Kent 2006

  • Sean showed Faith the route he had taken when he drove Daryn and Britt there the first time, passing over the Cimarron River and Skeleton Creek into Mulhall.

    The Triangle Conspiracy David Kent 2006

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