Download or read book Preliminary Report on the Ground Waters of Estancia Valley New Mexico (Classic Reprint) written by Oscar E. Meinzer and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Preliminary Report on the Ground Waters of Estancia Valley New Mexico Location And Area. Estancia Valley lies near the geographic center of New Mexico, south of Santa Fe and east of Albuquerque. The valley is a depression with no drainage outlet. It has a maximum extent of about 65 miles north and south and 40 miles east and west, and includes an area of about 2,000 square miles. Geographic Relations. On the west Estancia Valley is separated from the Rio Grande valley by a mountain wall; on the east it is bordered by a maze of hills which divide it from the upland that slopes toward the Pecos Valley; on the north it rises gradually until it ends abruptly as a plateau overlooking the valley of Galisteo Creek, which flows westward into the Rio Grande; on the southwest it is terminated by a mesa; and on the southeast, where it is hemmed in between the mesa and the hills, it is separated by a low divide from another closed basin. Development. This valley has long supported a sparse population. Nestled in the western foothills, remote from any city or railroad, the Mexican villages of Chilili, Tajique, Torreon, Manzano, and Punta de Agua have for generations led a peaceful but primitive existence, their inhabitants depending for a livelihood chiefly on their flocks of sheep. Moreover, planted here and there on the broad, level expanses of the valley proper are isolated establishments which have been the homes of independent and prosperous ranchers, most of whom are Mexicans. But within the last decade a great change has taken place in this region. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.