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General Information:
In the extreme southeast of New Mexico, which include the Toyah Basin and the Western High Plains eco-regions, of the Great Plains Region are both bordered to the west by the
Basin and Range Region.
Of the two ecoregion of the Great Plains in New Mexico, the Toyah basin is the one that is the southernmost part of the New Mexico Great Plains and both ecoregions are located adjacent to the same ecoregions in the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles.
The Toyah basin in both New Mexico and Texas, is a broad valley on the east side of Pecos River, and this region, in relatively recent times, has become important for many agricultural products as a result of irrigation from the Pecos river.
Also, another important economic activity is afforded by local oil fields in what has come to be called the Permian basin oil field.
Location
Located with the
Chihuahuan desert, east of the
Guadalupe Mountains and
Davis Mountains, northwest of the
Edwards Plateau and just north of the
Stockton Plateau, the Toyah Basin is a broad, flat remnant of an old sea floor that occupied the region as recently as the early
Quaternary period.
Geographical Region
Great Plains Region, Toyah Basin Ecoregion
Climate
Due to this region being within close proximity of the
Chihuahuan Desert, all of all of this region is very hot and dry.
Most of the little rainfall that occurs is in the high elevations of the mountains, but occasionally, during the winter or early spring, there will come a rain shower in other locations.
Geological
The Toyah alluvial sedimentary basin is a north by northeast trending trough over 1000 feet in depth, created by dissolution of underlying Permian oil evaporates.
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