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Malpais

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Mal´pais`
n.1.(Geol.) The rough surface of a congealed lava stream.
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The country looks easy, nothing like the boot-eating malpais of the Arizona rim country; the stabbing, stinging, biting land of the desert mule deer; or the steep, oxygen-starved alpine country of Colorado.
This ain't Sherwood Forest: when you really think about it, spending ... by Manes, Ross / Bowhunter
El Malpais National Monument Designated: 1987 Location: 72 miles west of Albuquerque Acres: 114,00 Main attraction: El Malpais, meaning the badlands, is filled with ancient jagged lava flows, cinder cones, pressure ridges and lava tubes as well as prehistoric ruins, ancient cairns, rock structures and homesteads.
A LOOK AT NEW MEXICO NATIONAL PARKS by The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)
In addition, some of the donations were Native American ladles, apparently stolen from El Malpais National Monument and Chaco Canyon National Historical Park in New Mexico.
The war on antiquities: United States law and foreign cultural ... by Vitale, Katherine D. / Notre Dame Law Review
 
 
 
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