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Place Name
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Cimarron River
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Pronunciation
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SI-muh-rahn
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Place Status (Type)
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river
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Location
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Colfax County, New Mexico (NM), United States, North America
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Latitude
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unknown
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Longitude
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unknown
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Cimarron River
(SI-muh-rahn),
60 mi/97 km long, NE N.Mex.; rises at Palo
Flechado Pass, 16 mi/26 km E of Taos, in W
Colfax co.; flows N to Eagle Nest L., then E, through Cimarron Canyon
(State Park), past Cimarron and Springer, to Canadian R.
6 mi/9.7 km ESE of Springer. Eagle Nest Dam
(140 ft/43 m high; built 1918),
2 mi/3.2 km SE of Eagle Nest village, is
private project used for power and irrigation; forms Eagle Nest L.
(capacity c.100,000 acre-ft.). Source of the larger Cimarron R. is
c.50 mi/80 km NE of Springer.
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