History and government of New Mexico . o O w « H fe O W U <c h-1 < Ph !Hk w a H tliip* <• 1 !?? CHAPTER ITHE LAND AND THE PEOPLE I. THE LAND .1. Location and Size. — New Mexico is situated at thesouth end of the Rocky Mountain Division of States, be-tween the parallels 310 20 and 370 north latitude, and themeridians 1030 and 1090 west longitude. Its averagewidth from east to west is 335 miles; its extreme lengthfrom north to south, 390 miles; and its total area, ,634square miles. It is the fourth State in size among the forty-eight. If the six New England States and New Jersey,Del
History and government of New Mexico . o O w « H fe O W U <c h-1 < Ph !Hk w a H tliip* <• 1 !?? CHAPTER ITHE LAND AND THE PEOPLE I. THE LAND .1. Location and Size. — New Mexico is situated at thesouth end of the Rocky Mountain Division of States, be-tween the parallels 310 20 and 370 north latitude, and themeridians 1030 and 1090 west longitude. Its averagewidth from east to west is 335 miles; its extreme lengthfrom north to south, 390 miles; and its total area, ,634square miles. It is the fourth State in size among the forty-eight. If the six New England States and New Jersey,Delaware, and Pennsylvania were spread out on its sur-face, there would still be 790 square miles of ground un-covered. 2. Principal Geographic Features. — The whole Statelies in the high plateau region of the southern Rocky Moun-tains on the backbone of the continent, and sends itswaters part to the Gulf of Mexico and part to the PacificOcean. This great mountain ridge varies in altitude from13,000 feet in the Sangre de Crist
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