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Lakes and rivers make up only 0.002 percent of New Mexico’s total surface area–the lowest water-to-land ratio of all fifty states. Most of New Mexico’s lakes are human-made reservoirs.


Capital Santa Fe
Image Source Landsat 8
Population 2,117,522
Number of Pixels 349,907,540

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