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The physiography of Albuquerque is controlled by a diverse group of geologic features, each with a unique origin. Most of the high mountain country lies along a north-south line which bisects the state. This physiographic demarcation is formed by the Rio Grande Rift, a great fracture in the earth's surface which extends more than 450 miles from Leadville, Colo., to Las Cruces, N.M. The Rift was formed by down-dropping of a large block of the earth's crust, yielding an elongated trough bounded on either side by mountains. The fractures in the crust along which this downward motion occurred are called faults, and many small earthquakes along these faults tell us that the Rift is still actively evolving. 220-601 These faults are important pipelines for rising heat from the hot interior of the earth. This heat is transported by liquid rock, called magma, which produces volcanoes at the surface along the edges of the Rift, and by heated fluids, which produce hot springs and other manifestations of geothermal energy along the Rift margins. This down-dropped block also provides a low spot in the topography for streams and rivers to flow, such as the Rio Grande, which follows the Rift from Del Norte, 70-291 Colo., to Las Cruces. Albuquerque lies in the central part of the Rio Grande Rift. The faulted western margin of the Rift lies along the Rio Puerco, approximately 20 miles west of the Civic Center. 646-204 The eastern edge of the rift lies at the base of the Sandia Mountains.