Chaves

Chaves, county, southeastern New Mexico, U.S. Most of Chaves county lies in the Great Plains, with the extreme western section including the Guadalupe and Sacramento Mountains and a portion of the Lincoln National Forest. On the east lies Mescalero Ridge. In the flat-to-rolling Pecos River valley are Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge and Bottomless Lakes State Park. The county is scarred with dry creek beds, lakes, and reservoirs; the Pecos River flows southward through the...