Vocabulario / Vocabularyel arroyo streams that normally are dry for one half of the year except in the rainy season la costumbre cultural traditions shared among Hispanic people el llano plain/flat area of land la mesa plateau or mountain tabletop formation las placitas Hispanic settlements around plazas la plaza central area in a town or villa where people gather los pueblos Native American villages around the Río Grande los ranchos farms and ranches of Hispanic people Río Grande the principal river running through New Mexico las sierras mountain ranges el valle valley
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