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San Juan Mountains

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San Juan Mountains

Segment of the southern Rocky Mountains, southwestern Colorado and northern New Mexico, U.S. The mountains extend from southwestern Colorado along the course of the Rio Grande to the Chama River in northern New Mexico. Many peaks in the northern section exceed 14,000 ft (4,300 m), including Mounts Eolus, Sneffels, and Redcloud. Uncompahgre Peak is the highest, at 14,309 ft (4,361 m). Composed mainly of volcanic rocks, the mountains have a rugged, well-forested terrain.
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The cold tail water is fed by the snow coming from the San Juan Mountains.
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According to a report in Nature News, the research was carried out by William Schulz of the United States Geological Survey in Denver, Colorado, and colleagues, who took as their subject case the four-kilometre-long Slumgullion landslide in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado.
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At its southernmost boundary, it crosses into New Mexico, and the Continental Divide runs through the San Juan Mountains that make up its western edge.
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