Mogollon

American  

[moh-guh-yohn] / ˌmoʊ gəˈjoʊn /

noun

1. an extensive plateau or mesa in central Arizona; the southwestern margin of the Colorado Plateau.

2. a mountain range in W New Mexico.

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adjective

1. Archaeology. of or relating to an Amerindian culture of southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico 100 b.c.–a.d. 1000, characterized by pit houses also used for burials and a distinctive black-on-white pottery decorated with human and animal figures.

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In years with ample precipitation, winter snow that accumulates in the Mogollon Mountains and Black Range provides much of the river's spring runoff.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2026

McSpadden observed that this can happen in "multiple ways," from reintroducing populations to the "absolutely critical" goal of protecting their potential habitats like the Sky Islands, the Mogollon Rim and Gila National Forest.

From Salon ● May 31, 2024

Around 600 years ago, the Jornada Mogollon people etched 21,000 images of flora and fauna, people and crypto-beasts into the basaltic rubble along the foothills of the Sacramento.

From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2022

Staff writers Wilkinson and McDonnell reported from Washington and Mexico City, respectively; and special correspondent Mogollon, from Caracas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2020

It was then after eleven, and the moon still behind the Mogollon, lowering black against the silvering skies full forty miles to the eastward.

From Tonio, Son of the Sierras A Story of the Apache War by Charles J. Post