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Interesting facts about Albuquerque's environmental story

Flow of Rio Grande Varied

About a thousand years ago, the Rio Grande flowed between Second and Twelfth Streets.

Life Zones of the Sandia Mountains

The Sandia Mountains encompass four different life zones.

Descent into the Inner Valley

The edge of the east mesa is at Central Avenue and Yale Boulevard.

Old Plain

Several hundred thousand years ago, the east and west mesas formed a broad plain through which the Rio Grande flowed about 250 feet or 24 meters higher than its present level.