and Las Animas Counties, Colorado, and Colfax County, New Mexico.

The basin has long been a source of coal, and more recently of coalbed methane. It is known for its well-preserved exposures of the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary (K-T boundary), which has been intensively studied for evidence of meteorite impact.

Topography

Although structurally a basin, the

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