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San Juan National Forest: Geographic Overview of a Major Southern Colorado Protected Landscape
Mapped terrain across the Southern San Juan Mountains
San Juan National Forest represents a massive protected landscape in western Colorado, defined by its rugged alpine peaks, dense conifer forests, and glacial valleys. This atlas entry details the forest boundary, its position along the Continental Divide, and the surrounding transition into the Colorado Plateau. It provides a structured look at the terrain that connects diverse ecosystems, from high-altitude tundra to expansive mesa country, within one of the largest national forests in the American West.
- Area
- 7,603.42 km²
- Established
- 1905
- Relief
- Mountain
- Climate
- Alpine
