White Sands National Park     Â
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Context
- Fossilized footprints discovered in New Mexico indicate that early humans were walking across North America around 23,000 years ago.
- The first footprints were found in a dry lake bed in White Sands National Park in 2009.
About
- White Sands National Park is an American national park located in the state of New Mexico. The park covers 589.9 km2 in the Tularosa Basin, including the southern 41% of the white sand dunes composed of gypsum crystals.
- This gypsum dunefield is the largest of its kind on Earth.
FIG: NORTH AMERICA PHYSICAL MAP