Rio del Oso
Intermittent stream in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
The Rio del Oso is an intermittent stream in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States. It is a tributary to the Rio Chama after crossing under U.S. Route 84 near Chili, New Mexico (in zip code 87537 between Hernandez and Medanales).
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The alluvial record in the lower valley of the Rio del Oso is well dated and is unusual in that it includes a single Holocene terrace, a few thousand years old.[1]
References
- ^ Hall, Stephen A., and Richard D. Periman. "Unusual holocene alluvial record from Rio Del Osos, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico: Paleoclimatic and archaeologic significance." In In: Barry S. Kues, Shari A. Kelley, and Virgil W. Lueth, eds. Geology of the Jemez Mountains Region II; 58th Field conference, New Mexico Geological Society. Socorro, NM: New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mine Resources: 459–468. 2007.
36°06′42″N 106°09′00″W / 36.11177°N 106.15011°W / 36.11177; -106.15011
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