Mimbres River

Mimbres
Mimbres
Location
Country	United States
State	New Mexico
Physical characteristics
Source	Black Range
• coordinates	33°06′58″N 107°51′04″W / 33.11611°N 107.85111°W
Mouth	Guzmán Basin
Length	91 mi (146 km)
Basin size	5,140 sq mi (13,300 km2)

The Mimbres is a 91-mile-long (146 km)^[1] river in southwestern New Mexico.

Course

The Mimbres forms from snowpack and runoff on the southwestern slopes of the Aldo Leopold Wilderness in the Black Range at 33°06′58″N 107°51′04″W / 33.11611°N 107.85111°W / 33.11611; -107.85111 in Grant County. The river ends in the Guzmán Basin, a small endorheic basin east of Deming in Luna County. The uplands watershed are administered by the United States Forest Service, while the land in the Mimbres Valley is mostly privately owned. The upper reaches of the river are perennial.^[2] The river flows south from the Black Range, and the surface flow of the river dissipates in the desert north of Deming, but the river bed and storm drainage continue eastward, any permanent flow remaining underground.^[3]^[4] The Mimbres River Basin has an area of about 13,000 km² (5,140 mi²) and extends slightly into northern Chihuahua, Mexico.^[2]

Conservation

A wide diversity of species (37 species; excluding arthropods other than crustaceans) are of great conservation concern. Eighteen species (49%) are classified as "vulnerable, imperiled, or critically imperiled" statewide as well as nationally. Additionally 13 species are classified as "vulnerable, imperiled, or critically imperiled" in the state although they are secure nationally. Birds, mammals, amphibians, and reptiles are also of concern within the riparian, ephemeral and terrestrial habitats.^[3]

The use of water from the Mimbres River is still a matter of contention.^[5]

Human history

The Mimbres Basin supported the prehistoric Mimbres culture, which was part of the larger Mogollon culture. The culture developed from around 200 to 1000 CE, known as the pithouse period. During this time the use of pottery increased, and there was a greater dependence on agriculture throughout the Mogollon area. This agriculture increasingly depended upon irrigation from the perennial and storm flow of the Mimbres River. In the later part of the pithouse period, distinctive Mimbres pottery black-on-white designs grew more complex and ornate. Villages and irrigation complexes grew larger, and large kivas were built. These community ritual constructions were destroyed around 900 CE in huge ceremonial fires. This marked a major transition in social and ritual practices.^[4]

Footnotes

^ "The National Map". U.S. Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 2012-03-29. Retrieved Feb 10, 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Mimbres River Basin". State of New Mexico Wildlife. Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
^ ^a ^b "Mimbres Watershed" (PDF). State of New Mexico Wildlife. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
^ ^a ^b Michelle Hegmon and Margaret Nelson (2003). "The Archaeology and Meaning of Mimbres". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2008-02-11.
^ "Mimbres Valley Irrigation Co., v. Tony Salopek, et al". Findlaw. 2006. Retrieved 2008-02-11.

External links

32°15′31″N 107°37′46″W / 32.25861°N 107.62944°W / 32.25861; -107.62944

[1] "The National Map". U.S. Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 2012-03-29. Retrieved Feb 10, 2011.

[MRB-NMSU-2] "Mimbres River Basin". State of New Mexico Wildlife. Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2008-02-11.

[wildlife-3] "Mimbres Watershed" (PDF). State of New Mexico Wildlife. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2008-02-11.

[Hegmon-4] Michelle Hegmon and Margaret Nelson (2003). "The Archaeology and Meaning of Mimbres". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2008-02-11.

[5] "Mimbres Valley Irrigation Co., v. Tony Salopek, et al". Findlaw. 2006. Retrieved 2008-02-11.

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Periods Lithic Archaic Formative Classic Post-Classic
Archaeological cultures	Adena Alachua Ancient Beringian Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi) Anishinaabe Avonlea Baytown Belle Glade Buttermilk Creek complex Caborn-Welborn Cades Pond Calf Creek Caloosahatchee Clovis Coles Creek Comondú Deptford Folsom Fort Ancient Fort Walton Fremont Glacial Kame Glades Hohokam Hopewell List of Hopewell sites La Jolla Las Palmas Maritime Archaic Mississippian List of Mississippian sites Mogollon Monongahela Old Cordilleran Oneota Paleo-Arctic Paleo-Indians Patayan Plano Plaquemine Poverty Point Red Ocher Safety Harbor Santa Rosa-Swift Creek St. Johns Steed-Kisker Suwannee Valley Tchefuncte Troyville Weeden Island
Archaeological sites	Angel Mounds Anzick site Bandelier National Monument Bastian Benson Blue Spring Shelter Bluefish Caves The Bluff Point Stoneworks Brewster Cahokia Candelaria Cave Casa Grande Chaco Canyon Coso Rock Art District Crystal River Cuarenta Casas Cueva de la Olla Cutler Eaker El Fin del Mundo El Vallecito Effigy Mounds Etowah Indian Mounds Eva Folsom Fort Ancient Fort Center Fort Juelson Four Mounds Gila Cliff Dwellings Glenwood Grimes Point Helen Blazes Holly Bluff Hopewell Culture National Historical Park Horr's Island Huápoca Key Marco Kimball Village Kincaid Mounds Kolomoki Mounds Lake Jackson Mounds Lehner Mammoth-Kill Site L'Anse aux Meadows Lynch Quarry Site Marksville Marmes Rockshelter Meadowcroft Rockshelter Mesa Verde Moaning Cavern Moorehead Circle Morrison Mounds Moundville Mummy Cave Nodena site Ocmulgee Mounds Old Stone Fort Orwell site Paquime Painted Bluff Parkin Park Pinson Mounds Plum Bayou Mounds Portsmouth Earthworks Poverty Point Pueblo Bonito Rassawek Recapture Canyon River Styx Roberts Island Rock Eagle Rock Hawk Rosenstock Village Russell Cave Salmon Ruins Serpent Mound Sierra de San Francisco Shell ring sites Spiro Mounds Stallings Island SunWatch Taos Pueblo Town Creek Indian Mound Turkey River Mounds Upward Sun River Velda Mound West Oak Forest Earthlodge Wickiup Hill Windover Winterville Wupatki
Human remains	Anzick-1 Arlington Springs Man Buhl Woman Kennewick Man La Brea Woman Leanderthal Lady Melbourne Man Minnesota Woman Peñon woman Spirit Cave mummy Vero man
Miscellaneous	Aridoamerica Ballgame Black drink Ceremonial pipe Chanunpa Chunkey Clovis point Container Revolution Eastern Agricultural Complex Eden point Effigy mound Falcon dancer Folsom point Green Corn Ceremony Horned Serpent Kiva Medicine wheel Metallurgy Mi'kmaq hieroglyphic writing Mound Builders N.A.G.P.R.A. Norse colonization of North America Oasisamerica Piasa Projectile point Southeastern Ceremonial Complex Stickball Three Sisters agriculture Thunderbird Transoceanic contact Underwater panther Water glyphs
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