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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A range of the Rocky Mountains in southwest Colorado extending northwest to southeast and rising to 4,361 m (14,309 ft). The range is the source of the San Juan River, flowing about 640 km (400 mi) through northwest New Mexico and southeast Utah to the Colorado River at Lake Powell.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a mountain range in southwestern Colorado that is part of the Rocky Mountains
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The San Juan Mountains are the highest concentration of 14,000 mountains in the US.
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The San Juan Mountains are the highest concentration of 14,000 mountains in the US.
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The San Juan Mountains are the highest concentration of 14,000 mountains in the US.
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For example, a monitoring station in the San Juan Mountains in southwest Colorado has recorded a big jump in dust storms.
Dust Bedevils the Southwest Stephanie Simon 2011
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Anton Troianovski/The Wall Street Journal High in the San Juan Mountains sits a house whose owners spent much of 2009 looking for a way to refinance their $417,000 construction loan.
'This Odd House' 2010
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In April the pipeline magnate and billionaire bought the BootJack Ranch in the San Juan Mountains, shelling out $46.5 million for 3,500 acres of lake-speckled property nestled in a valley near Pagosa Springs.
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Anton Troianovski/The Wall Street Journal High in the San Juan Mountains sits a house whose owners spent much of 2009 looking for a way to refinance their $417,000 construction loan.
'This Odd House' 2010
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In April the pipeline magnate and billionaire bought the BootJack Ranch in the San Juan Mountains, shelling out $46.5 million for 3,500 acres of lake-speckled property nestled in a valley near Pagosa Springs.
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Anton Troianovski/The Wall Street Journal High in the San Juan Mountains sits a house whose owners spent much of 2009 looking for a way to refinance their $417,000 construction loan.
'This Odd House' 2010
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Anton Troianovski/The Wall Street Journal High in the San Juan Mountains sits a house whose owners spent much of 2009 looking for a way to refinance their $417,000 construction loan.
'This Odd House' 2010
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