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Franklin Mountains (Texas)

The Franklin Mountains of Texas are a small range 23 miles (37 km) long, 3 miles (5 km) wide that extend from El Paso, Texas, north into New Mexico. The Franklins were formed due to crustal extension related to the Cenozoic Rio Grande rift. Although the present topography of the range and adjoining basins is controlled by extension during rifting in the last 10 million years, faults within the range also record deformation during the Laramide orogeny, between 85 and 45 million years ago.

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File:Richardson 1908 FranklinMts.jpg|View of the south end of Franklin Mountains from El Paso, showing the abrupt termination of the range, its westward dip slope and terraced bolson deposits on each side. (1908) File:Northfranklinfromelephant2.jpg| North Franklin Peak, looking northeast from South Franklin Mountain File:FranklinMountains,ElPaso,asSeenFromFtBliss.JPG|South and North Franklin mountains, shown left to right, El Paso, Texas, as seen from Fort Bliss. The Organ Mountains can be glimpsed to the north, in the right part of the image. File:SFranklin2.jpg|View of South Franklin Mountain (aka Mount Franklin) (29 March 2009) ==See also==
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