Tens of thousands of bats live in the Carlsbad Caverns in Carlsbad, New Mexico. The largest chamber of Carlsbad Caverns is more than 10 football fields long and about 22 stories high.
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Lakes and Rivers make up only .002% of the state's total surface area. The lowest water-to-land ratio of all 50 states. Most of New Mexico's lakes are man-made reservoirs.
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New Mexico's largest city Albuquerque was founded in 1706 as a Spanish farming community. It was named after a province in Spain.