Cowboy Rim is a
cliff that runs along 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 ...
in the
Animas Mountains of
Hidalgo County, New Mexico. It runs west from a point at to its highpoint is at an elevation of at just east of
Elephant Butte. Here Cowboy Rim overlooks the
Gillespie Creek valley below it to the north, and the Continental Divide runs along this section of the rim, then turns of to the south-southwest from the highpoint, along a ridge west of
Elephant Butte Canyon. Cowboy Rim continues eastward to Elephant Butte then turns south-southeastward to . This section of the Rim overlooks the
Playas Valley below it to the east.
References
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Cliffs of New Mexico
Landforms of Hidalgo County, New Mexico