Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A range of the southern Rocky Mountains extending from south-central Colorado to north-central New Mexico and rising to 4,372 m (14,345 ft).
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Examples
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The Crested Butte group recommended seven routes, including a circuit race between the town and the nearby ski area, a time trial up the gradually ascending Highway 135 from Gunnison and a road stage connecting with Salida via the northern tip of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains at Poncha Pass and Saguache.
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In October 1862, eight families from northern New Mexico crossed the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and founded the city of Cuchara in the southern part of Colorado, where they lived by farming and raising sheep.
Lost Colorado City Of Cuchara Offers Lessons About Historic Cultural Conflicts Fox News Latino 2010
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It was nestled in a gorgeous middle of nowhere, in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains six miles outside of Las Vegas, New Mexico, an old Santa Fe Trail town that the railroad had only recently connected to civilization.
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In a 300-page written decision pdf, Administrative Law Judge Mana Jennings-Fader recommended the new transmission line be approved, but only under the condition that it generate 700 megawatts of electricity within 10 years that the line over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains is constructed and operational.
San Luis Valley Solar Power Transmission Line Could Be Killed By Judge's Orders Colorado Independent 2010
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Suddenly I was thousands of miles away on the other side of the world, high in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, where the Rio Costilla runs big and swift, and wild cutthroats swim in its blood.
A Nightmare’s Prayer Michael Franzak 2010
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In October 1862, eight families from northern New Mexico crossed the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and founded the city of Cuchara in the southern part of Colorado, where they lived by farming and raising sheep.
Lost Colorado City Of Cuchara Offers Lessons About Historic Cultural Conflicts Fox News Latino 2010
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It was nestled in a gorgeous middle of nowhere, in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains six miles outside of Las Vegas, New Mexico, an old Santa Fe Trail town that the railroad had only recently connected to civilization.
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It was nestled in a gorgeous middle of nowhere, in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains six miles outside of Las Vegas, New Mexico, an old Santa Fe Trail town that the railroad had only recently connected to civilization.
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In a 300-page written decision pdf, Administrative Law Judge Mana Jennings-Fader recommended the new transmission line be approved, but only under the condition that it generate 700 megawatts of electricity within 10 years that the line over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains is constructed and operational.
San Luis Valley Solar Power Transmission Line Could Be Killed By Judge's Orders Colorado Independent 2010
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Through all the changes my family has witnessed, some things have been constant: the waters that irrigate our crops; the snows in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains; the birds that migrate through the San Luis Valley.
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