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| | World Almanac for Kids |
 | | NEW MEXICO, one of the Mountain states of the U.S., bounded on the N by Colorado, on the E by Oklahoma and Texas, on the S by Texas and the Mexican state of Chihuahua, and on the W by Arizona. |
 | | New Mexico, with an area of 314,939 sq km (121,598 sq mi), is the fifth largest state in the U.S.; 33.1% of the land area is owned by the federal government. |
 | | The NW quadrant of New Mexico is part of the Colorado Plateau, an area of broad valleys and plains, cut by deep canyons and dotted with mesas. |
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