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Home / Arizona / New Mexico / Chicago in Spring 2011 / White Sands National Park 27
The White Sands NP lies geologically in a basin. Water which flows from the mountains containing limestone (Kalkstein) washes out gypsum. In the depression the water evaporates and Gypsum is trapped within the basin. Thus, the White Sands N.P is a Gypsum (Gips) desert.