Llano Estacado

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Lla·no Es·ta·ca·do

(län′ō ĕs′tə-kä′dō, yä′-)
An extensive, semiarid plateau region of the southern Great Plains in southeast New Mexico, western Texas, and northwest Oklahoma. The grazing lands also have resources of oil and natural gas.
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Llano Estacado

(ˈlɑːnəʊ ˌɛstəˈkɑːdəʊ)
n
(Placename) the S part of the Great Plains of the US, extending over W Texas and E New Mexico: oil and natural gas resources. Chief towns: Lubbock and Amarillo. Area: 83 700 sq km (30 000 sq miles). Also called: Staked Plain
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Lla•no Es•ta•ca•do

(ˈlɑ noʊ ˌɛs təˈkɑ doʊ, ˈlæn oʊ)
n.
a large plateau in the SW United States, in W Texas and SE New Mexico.
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Noun1.Llano Estacado - a large semiarid plateau forming the southern part of the Great Plains
Land of Enchantment, New Mexico, NM - a state in southwestern United States on the Mexican border
OK, Oklahoma, Sooner State - a state in south central United States
Lone-Star State, Texas, TX - the second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico
Great Plains, Great Plains of North America - a vast prairie region extending from Alberta and Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Canada south through the west central United States into Texas; formerly inhabited by Native Americans
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In the past, a number of mammalian surveys have been conducted throughout the Llano Estacado region of eastern New Mexico without any confirmed reports of B.
Thoroughly accessible to readers of all backgrounds, Death on the Lonely Llano Estacado: The Assassination of J.W.
For instance, "Llano Estacado" is a Spanglish Western swing shuffle that tells the story of a girl named Marta who "headed north with her family, to the land of opportunity," while "I Dreamed I Was Lola Beltran" is a purely ranchera original-sung entirely in English--about a Mexican movie star of her grandmother and great aunt's generation.
As it headed south across Quay County we had just come off the Llano Estacado (palisaded plain) and were entering the valley from the south.
Within the high plains of the Llano Estacado, a fifteen-year-old Comanche woman pesters her powerful aunt with taboo questions about how to gain spirit power.
Use of irrigated crop circles to raise cotton (Gossypium) and corn (Zea) is common on the Llano Estacado. Irrigated crop circles in our study area were on plots that were 0.8 by 0.8 km (0.64 [km.sup.2]).
Genevieve Mesa Vineyards $9,968,939 -6.8% $3.91 [down arrow] 2 Llano Estacado Llano Estacado $5,452,107 4.6% $7.53 Winnery [up arrow] 3 Becker Estate Becker Farms $3,314,941 17.6% $9.77 [up arrow] 4 Messina Hof Messina Hof $1,678,629 1.1% $9.12 Winery & Resort [up arrow] 5 Fall Creek Fall Creek $721,430 -9.4% $7.64 Vineyards [down arrow] 6 Twin Springs Fall Creek $573,381 14.7% $5.86 Vineyards [up arrow] 7 Sister Creek Sister Creek $387,734 -9.3% $13.18 Vineyards Vineyards [down arrow] 8 Ed's Fall Creek $306,627 97.9% $9.42 Vineyards [up arrow] 9 Texas Country Wimberley Valley $264,232 26% [up $6.89 Cellars Wines arrow] 10 Peregrine Hill Mesa Vineyards $120,102 -39% $7.45 [down arrow] Brand Parent Company Average Average Price Price/750ml, Change Merchandised vs.
The Llano Estacado lies above the Ogallala Aquifer, however water for crop irrigation can be pumped less expensively from playas than the aquifer (Haukos and Smith, 1992; Cunfer, 2005).
A disastrous cattle drive across the parched flatlands of the Llano Estacado gives him an awareness of his capabilities and is also the source of bitter enmity with deranged outlaws who vow to bring him down one day.
* Llano Estacado: Spanish for "Staked Plains"; a large, flat, dry expanse of land in the Southwest.
The Patersons were in play at the Council House Massacre and at Plum Creek where the Rangers intercepted Buffalo Hump's raiders and sent them reeling to the Llano Estacado. In late 1840, Captain John Coffee Hays lead a survey party northwest of San Antonio.
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