The land of sunshine; a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico . ritory and finally enters the Rio Grande inTexas. Along its upper course it is a mountain stream butin Leonard Wood county it assumes the characteristics of thelower Rio Grande, a wide, shifting sandy bed, cutting throughbluffs or spreading over lowlands, carrying an immensevolume of water during floods, seeping into the ground alongcertain stretches during drouth, but always having a strongunderflow. In Chaves and Eddy counties, the flow of the riveris more permanent and of greater volume, but
The land of sunshine; a handbook of the resources, products, industries and climate of New Mexico . ritory and finally enters the Rio Grande inTexas. Along its upper course it is a mountain stream butin Leonard Wood county it assumes the characteristics of thelower Rio Grande, a wide, shifting sandy bed, cutting throughbluffs or spreading over lowlands, carrying an immensevolume of water during floods, seeping into the ground alongcertain stretches during drouth, but always having a strongunderflow. In Chaves and Eddy counties, the flow of the riveris more permanent and of greater volume, but here, too, itfluctuates according to the season. The waters of the Pecosare more alkaline than those of the Rio Grande, especiallyfrom Santa Rosa south. The Pecos has a number of longtributaries but none of them carrying a great volume of waterexcept after heavy rains or during the flood season. The third great river system of the Territory is that of theCanadian, which drains the eastern slope of the main RockyMountain range as far south as the headwaters of the Pecos i 1 fl W o< Oh o I?wwo. ( w o w 0QH«Q QO «c:r--. THE LAND OF SUNSHINE. 39 river. Its principal tributaries, the Cimarron, the Verinejo,the Ocate and the Mora, carry a considerable amount of water,while there are a number of lesser tributaries, perennial intheir flow in their upper courses. These streams have moreor less the characteristics of mountain streams, with rockbottoms. Still, they have considerable underflow, and as theCanadian approaches the eastern boundary, its waters seepinto the sandy bed and its tributaries are mere arroyos. Next in importance to the Canadian, and exceeding it involume of w^ater, is the San Juan system in the northwesternpart. The principal tributaries of this river in New Mexicoare the Las Animas and the La Plata. The waters of the SanJuan eventually find their way into the Colorado river and thePacific ocean. To the Pacific slope also belongs the Gila system in south-western
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