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What are the life zones of the Sandia Mountains

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The Sandia Mountains are a fault block range, on the eastern edge of the Rio Grande Rift Valley. The Sandias were uplifted in the last ten million years as part of the formation of the Rio Grande Rift. They form the eastern boundary of the Albuquerque Basin.
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7 altitude ranges in which plants, animals, temperature, and rainfall vary greatly

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The Sandia Mountains are the small area, a portion of the Basin, but constituted by a heterogeneous appearance, comprising of a single north-south elevation, which extends to two significant mountains one is Sandia Crest and another one is South Sandia Peak. The highlands include nearly 26 km north-south area, and the diameter in the east-west orientation varies approximately between 6 to 12 km. The westward side of the meadow is steep and mountainous, with a number of precipitous rock walls and pillars crest.

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