Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A mountain range of southern New Mexico and western Texas rising to Guadalupe Peak, 2,667 m (8,749 ft) high, in Texas.
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- noun a mountain range in southern New Mexico and western Texas; the southern extension of the Sacramento Mountains
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Examples
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The east and west faces of the Guadalupe Mountains are cut by a series of canyons.
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The Chihuahuan Desert Slopes of the Guadalupe Mountains in Texas form the leading edge of a giant uplifted Permian reef created from the accumulated remains of algae, sponges, and marine bivalves.
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The 2000 foot high, white cliff face of the southern Guadalupe Mountains dominates the landscape of the northern Trans-Pecos of Texas.
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The Montane Woodlands ecoregion covers the higher slopes of the Guadalupe Mountains above 5500 feet with densities of juniper, pinyon pine, and oak varying according to aspect.
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Located in the foothills of the Guadalupe Mountains near the New Mexican border with Texas, 200 km east-northeast of El Paso, centred on 32°10'N by 104°23'W.
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There is some evidence that the lower Guadalupe Mountains were once grasslands overgrazed in the late 19th century and subsequently invaded by desert shrubs.
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History of the sulfuric acid theory of speleogenesis in the Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico.
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A fabulously decorated system of underground chambers, Carlsbad Caverns lie beneath the arid Guadalupe Mountains of New Mexico.
Travel Guide: the Incredible Natural Landscapes in the U.S.A. (Part 1) 2008
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But they had traveled only about ten miles when they saw a band of Comanches swarming down from the Guadalupe Mountains.
THE AMERICAN WEST DEE BROWN 2007
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There'd been a tent in Texas, where she'd worked backcountry in the Guadalupe Mountains, filled with diamondbacks.
Firestorm Barr, Nevada 1996
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