Wet Mountains
Mountain range in southern Colorado, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Wet Mountains are a small mountain range in southern Colorado, named for the amount of snow they receive in the winter as compared to the dry Great Plains to the east. They are a sub-range of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, in the southern Rocky Mountains System. There are three variant names of mountain range: Cuerno Verde, Greenhorn Mountains, and Sierra Mojada.[2]
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Wet Mountains | |
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Highest point | |
Peak | Greenhorn Mountain[1] |
Elevation | 3,763 m (12,346 ft) |
Coordinates | 37°52′53″N 105°00′48″W |
Dimensions | |
Length | 20 mi (32 km) Nw-SE |
Naming | |
Native name | Sierra Mojada (Spanish) |
Geography | |
Wet Mountains in Colorado | |
Country | United States |
State | Colorado |
Counties | Custer and Pueblo |
Range coordinates | 38°10′N 105°12′W |
Parent range | Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Rocky Mountains |
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