metric linear unit - a linear unit of distance in metric terms

angstrom, angstrom unit, A - a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation

micron, micrometer - a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter

Carlsbad Caverns National Park - a national park in New Mexico featuring what is probably the world's largest cavern with spectacular underground formations

American state - one of the 50 states of the United States

U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

Albuquerque - the largest city in New Mexico; located in central New Mexico on the Rio Grande river

Carlsbad - a town in southeastern New Mexico on the Pecos River near the Mexican border; potash deposits

Farmington - a town in northwestern New Mexico

Gallup - a town in northwestern New Mexico near the Arizona border

Las Cruces - a town in southern New Mexico on the Rio Grande

Los Alamos - a town in north central New Mexico; in 1942 it was chosen as a nuclear research site where the first atomic bombs were produced

Roswell - a town in southeast New Mexico

capital of New Mexico, Santa Fe - capital of the state of New Mexico; located in north central New Mexico

Silver City - a town in southwestern New Mexico

Taos - an artist colony in northern New Mexico

Brazos, Brazos River - a river that rises in Mexico and flows across Texas into the Gulf of Mexico

Canadian River, Canadian - a river rising in northeastern New Mexico and flowing eastward across the Texas panhandle to become a tributary of the Arkansas River in Oklahoma

Carlsbad Caverns - a group of caverns in southeastern New Mexico noted for their stalactites and stalagmites

Cimarron, Cimarron River - a river that rises in northeastern New Mexico and flows eastward into Oklahoma where it becomes a tributary of the Arkansas River

Colorado Plateau - a large plateau south and west of the Rocky Mountains; abuts mountains on the north and east and ends in an escarpment overlooking lowlands to the south and west; the Grand Canyon is carved out of the southwestern corner

Gila, Gila River - a river that rises in western New Mexico and flows westward through southern Arizona to become a tributary of the Colorado River

Guadalupe Mountains - a mountain range in southern New Mexico and western Texas; the southern extension of the Sacramento Mountains

Llano Estacado - a large semiarid plateau forming the southern part of the Great Plains

Pecos, Pecos River - a tributary of the Rio Grande that flows southeastward from New Mexico through western Texas

Sacramento Mountains - mountain range in New Mexico east of the Rio Grande

Wheeler Peak - a mountain peak in northeastern New Mexico in the Rocky Mountains