 This picture shows an aerial view of the Sierra Madre Occidental crossing the territory of Durango, western Mexico The Sierra Madre Occidental is a mountain range in western Mexico and the extreme southwest of the United States, extending 1500 km from southeast Arizona (south and east of Tucson) southeast through eastern Sonora, western Chihuahua, Durango, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes to Guanajuato, where it joins with the Sierra Madre Oriental and the Eje Volcánico Transversal of central Mexico. These mountains are generally considered to be part of the much larger American cordillera. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x722, 209 KB) Description: Geographical view to Mexico and its mountain ranges Sierra Madre Oriental, Sierra Madre Occidental and Sierra Madre del Sur Source: World Wind Date: captured 6. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x722, 209 KB) Description: Geographical view to Mexico and its mountain ranges Sierra Madre Oriental, Sierra Madre Occidental and Sierra Madre del Sur Source: World Wind Date: captured 6. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2560x1920, 1080 KB)Self made picture with a View of the Sierra Madre Occidental, Durango, Mexico File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2560x1920, 1080 KB)Self made picture with a View of the Sierra Madre Occidental, Durango, Mexico File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
The Himalaya as seen from the International Space Station A mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands or separated from other mountain ranges by passes or rivers. ...
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Nickname: The Old Pueblo Location in Pima County and the state of Arizona Coordinates: Country United States State Arizona Counties Pima Mayor Bob Walkup (R) Area - City 505. ...
Sonora is a state in northwestern Mexico, bordering the states of Chihuahua to the east, Sinaloa to the south, and Baja California to the northwest. ...
This article is about the state in Mexico; for the city of Chihuahua, see: Chihuahua. ...
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Zacatecas is one of the 31 constituent states of Mexico. ...
Aguascalientes is the name of a city and a state in Mexico. ...
Other Mexican States Capital Guanajuato Other major cities León, Salamanca, list of municipalities Area 30,491 km² Ranked 22nd Population (2000 census) 4,656,760 Ranked 6th Governor (2000-06) Juan Carlos Romero Hicks (PAN/PVEM) Federal Deputies (15) PAN = 12 PRI/PVEM = 2 PRD = 1 Federal Senators PAN...
The Sierra Madre Oriental is a mountain range in northeastern Mexico, spanning 1000 km from Coahuila south through Nuevo León, southwest Tamaulipas, San Luis PotosÃ, Hidalgo, to northern Puebla and Querétaro, where it joins with the Sierra Madre Occidental and the Eje Volcánico Transversal of central Mexico. ...
The Trans-Mexican volcanic belt (Eje Volcánico Transversal) is a mountain range that extends 900 km from west to east across central Mexico. ...
The American cordillera consists of an essentially continuous sequence of mountain ranges that form the western backbone of both North America and South America. ...
The highest point is probably Cerro Mohinora, located at 25°57′N 107°03′W. Different sources cite its altitude as either 3250 m or 3300 m. However, other mountains at 26°03′N 106°25′W and 23°12′N 104°57′W are of very similar altitude and may possibly be higher.
The range is home to the Sierra Madre Occidental pine-oak forests, noted for their high biodiversity and large number of endemic species. The Sierra Madre Occidental pine-oak forests are a subtropical coniferous forest ecoregion of the Sierra Madre Occidental range of Mexico and the southwestern United States. ...
Rainforests are among the most biodiverse ecosystems on earth Biodiversity or biological diversity is the diversity of life. ...
In biology and ecology endemic means exclusively native to a place or biota, in contrast to cosmopolitan or introduced. ...
The mountains are home to several indigenous nations speaking Uto-Aztecan languages, including the Tarahumara in the central portion of the range, and the Huichol in the southern part of the range. Pre-contact distribution of Uto-Aztecan languages (note: this map does not show the distribution in Mesoamerica) The Uto-Aztecan languages are a Native American language family. ...
The Tarahumara are a Native American people of northern Mexico, renowned for their long-distance running ability. ...
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See also
The Madrean pine-oak woodlands are subtropical woodlands found in the mountains of Mexico and the southwestern United States. ...
The Madrean sky islands are a complex of small mountain ranges in southern Arizona and New Mexico which are home to enclaves of Madrean pine-oak woodlands. ...
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