ʻO ka kiʻekiʻe o ke kūlanakauhale he kiʻekiʻe kona pili i kaʻilikai. No Albuquerque a me nā kūlanakauhale'ē aʻe ma Bernalillo County a ma waho o New Mexico, he manawa paha nā mea e noho ana a me nā malihini kipa no ka nui o nā kapuaʻi kapuaʻi ma mua o kaʻilikai ma ka wao nahele. (ʻO Albuquerque aia ma kaʻaoʻao'ākau o Chiparan Desert kahi kokoke loa i ka Plateau Colorado.) No ka meaʻo Albuquerque ka mea i kapaʻiaʻo ka wao akua kiʻekiʻe.
A me nāʻanuʻu Sandia e pili ana i ke kaona nuiʻo Albuquerque i ka hikina, hiki i nā loina ke piʻi wikiwiki loa, a ua hōʻike mai kekahi poʻe malihini i ka hoʻonuiʻana i ka maʻi .
Hiki ke hoʻololi iki i nā loli ma ka'āpanaʻo Albuquerque nui no ka mea aia kekahi o nā kauhale o kēlā me kēia wahi kokoke i nā kahawai o Sandias. Mai ke kahakai o Sandia Mountains, hiki iā Albuquerque ke kiʻekiʻe ma luna o 6,000 kapuaʻi a iʻole ke emi mai i 5,000 kapuaʻi ma ka Rio Grande Valley. Ma muli o ka piʻiʻana o nāʻano likeʻole, hiki keʻano o nāʻano wela, me nā mahana māmā e like me nā kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe.
Nā Elevations o nāʻAkau Pāʻokoʻa Albuquerque a me nā kūlanakauhale
ʻO nā haʻaheo i heluʻia ma lalo nei aia ma kahi laulā a hiki ke hoʻololi i loko o kēlā palena o ke kūlanakauhale. ʻO nā kūlanakauhale a me nā kūlanakauhale iʻoi aʻe ka haʻahaʻa ma mua aʻe o Albuquerque, he mauʻoihana kēia eʻoi aʻe ana i kekahi lā. ʻO ka poʻe iʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe ma ke kiʻekiʻe, e lilo lākou i mau kiekelie mau liʻiliʻi.
E hoʻomanaʻo hoʻi i nāʻano mahana o Albuquerque, ka mea i uhi nuiʻia i ke kaʻa, nā hale, a me nā hale, hiki ke piʻi aʻe ma mua o nā wahi āpau e pili ana no ka mea ua paʻa nā hale i ka wela ma mua o ka mea kanu. ʻO kēia ka mea i kapaʻiaʻo ka hopena o ka moku. ʻO nā kūlanakauhale a me nā kūlanakauhale a pau ma New Mexico.
- ʻO ka piʻiʻana o Albuquerque he 5,252 kapuaʻi ma ke kahua mokulele honuaʻo Albuquerque. ʻO Albuquerque keʻano kiʻekiʻe ma kahi kiʻekiʻe he 6,700 kapuaʻi ma nā kahawai o Sandia Mountains a hiki i ka 4,900 kapuaʻi ma ka Rio Grande Valley.
- ʻO ka kiʻekiʻe o Albuquerque Westside, ma Mesa Komohana, he 5,308 kapuaʻi.
- ʻO ka piʻiʻana o Bernalillo, 18 mile ma ka'ākau o Albuquerque, he 5,049 kapuaʻi.
- ʻO ka piʻiʻana o Corrales , a ma kahi o 18 mile ma ka'ākau o Albuquerque, he 5,023 kapuaʻi.
- ʻO ka kiʻekiʻe o Estancia he 6,138 kapuaʻi. Aiaʻo Estancia ma ka hikina hikina o New Mexico 54 mile ma ka hikina hikina o Albuquerque.
- ʻO ka piʻiʻana o Jemez Springs, 60 mile ma ke'ākau o Albuquerque, he 6,207 kapuaʻi.
- ʻO ka piʻiʻana o Los Lunas, 25 mile ma ka hema o Albuquerque, he 4,839 kapuaʻi.
- ʻO ka piʻiʻana o Los Ranchos , ma kahi o 9 mile i ka'ākau o Albuquerque, he 4,987 kapuaʻi.
- ʻO ka piʻiʻana o Madrid , 44 mile ma ka'ākau o Albuquerque, he 6,112 kapuaʻi. Aiaʻo Madrid ma ke ala kaulanaʻo Turquoise ma waena o Albuquerque a me Santa Fe.
- ʻO ka piʻiʻana o Moriarty, 38 mile ma ka hikina o Albuquerque ma Interstate 40, he 6,220 kapuaʻi. Aiaʻo Moriarty ma ka hikina hikina o New Mexico.
- ʻO ka piʻiʻana o Mountainair, 64 mile ma ka hikina hikina o Albuquerque, he 6,519 kapuaʻi.
- ʻO ka piʻiʻana o Placitas, ma ka hikina hikina o Bernalillo ma ka lihi o ka National Forest Park a 25 mile mai Albuquerque mai, he 5,948 kapuaʻi.
- ʻO ka piʻiʻana o Rio Rancho he 5,262 kapuaʻi. ʻO Rio Rancho he 17 mau mile mai Albuquerque ma West Mesa, e like me Albuquerque Westside.
- ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe o Sandia Park he 7,070 kapuaʻi. Aia ka mokupuniʻo Sandia, he 22 mile mai Albuquerque, e hele ana i Sandia Crest ma nā Sandia Mountains.
- ʻO ka kiʻekiʻe o Santa Fe , ke poʻokela o New Mexico a he 64 mile ma ke'ākau o Albuquerque, he 6,755 kapuaʻi. Aiaʻo Santa Fe ma nā paliʻo Sangre de Christo Mountains.
- ʻO ka piʻiʻana o Socorro, 77 mile ma kaʻaoʻao hema o Albuquerque, he 4,583 kapuaʻi.