Abeja Spring (Station No. 23)

Submitted by amswann on Fri, 02/11/2011 - 3:32pm

This specific monitoring location is about 650 m up the Abeja channel from the previous location. Here bedrock forces any streamflow to the surface. There is also a spring at this location from which water originates during relatively wetter periods

Coordinates: 
POINT(-107.0413 34.4026)
Elevation: 
1,788 M
Landform: 
Sort of a mini canyon with outcrops of the parent bedrock rising on both sides of the channel.
Soils: 
Puertocito-Rock Outcrop Complex
Hydrology: 
Ephemeral flows during storm events. Underlying bedrock forces water to surface through here.
Vegetation: 
Juniper and Falugia lining wash. Juniper and creosote on hillslopes.