The Cedar Mountain Range is a short 20 mi (32 km) long,

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in southwest

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, USA, just north of the

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with

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. The range lies in the northwest

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and the extreme northwest end of the range lies in southeast

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. It is here that the

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crosses the range, turns northwest, then west, and south at the north perimeter of the north–south

Playas Valley The Playas Valley is a lengthy and narrow 60-mi (97-km) long, valley located in Hidalgo County, New Mexico in the Bootheel Region; the extreme south of the valley lies in Chihuahua. Playas, NM is located in the northeast. The valley is notewort ...

. The continental divide continues south into Mexico on the western perimeter of the Playas Valley, through three mountain ranges, the

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, Animas, and

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Description

The Cedar Mountain Range is a northwest by southeast trending range, and longer, than wide. The northwest end contains Deer Mountain, , with an excursion of the continental divide around the

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that drains the northeast. The

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continues through Deer Mountain and heads northwest on a circuitous route around the northern perimeter and water divide of the north Playas Valley. Three other larger peaks dot the range: the center contains Hat Top Mountain, at north-center. Old Baldy, at is adjacent and southeast. The highest peak is at the extreme southeast end of the Cedar Mountain Range, Flying W Mountain, , and located at .

Continental Divide

The

Continental Divide A continental divide is a drainage divide on a continent such that the drainage basin on one side of the divide feeds into one ocean or sea, and the basin on the other side either feeds into a different ocean or sea, or else is endorheic, not ...

starts to leave the forested mountain regions as it goes southwest from Silver City. It passes from the southern

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, crosses the Big Burro's, then on a circuitous route after skirting the northeast of the ''Cedar Mountain Range'', it passes across the

of the north

, west of Hachita. It finally enters a series of north–south ranges, including the

Animas Mountains The Animas Mountains are a small mountain range in Hidalgo County, within the " Boot-Heel" region of far southwestern New Mexico, in the United States. They extend north–south for about 30 miles (50 km) along the Continental Divide,Since ...

, and travels south into northwest

, Mexico.

References

External links

Range Highpoint
Flying W Mountain, mountainzone, (coordinates)
---- New Mexico highpoints

---- Cedar Mountain Range
Cedar Mountain Range, mountainzone.com
Mountain ranges of New Mexico Landforms of Luna County, New Mexico Mountain ranges of Grant County, New Mexico Great Divide of North America {{NewMexico-geo-stub

Description

Continental Divide

See also

References

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