The Sierra Madre Oriental is a mountain range in northeastern Mexico, spanning 1000 km from Coahuila south through Nuevo León, southwest Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo, to northern Puebla and Querétaro, where it joins with the Sierra Madre Occidental and the Eje Volcánico Transversal of central Mexico. 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. ... The most general definition of a mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands. ... Coahuila (formal name: Coahuila de Zaragoza) is one of Mexicos 31 component states. ... Nuevo León (Spanish for New León, after the former kingdom in Spain) is a state located in north-eastern Mexico. ... Tamaulipas is a state in the northeast of Mexico. ... Other Mexican States Capital San Luis Potosí, SLP Other major cities Matehuala list of municipalities Area 63,068 km² Ranked 15th Population (2000 census) 2,296,360 Ranked 16th Governor (2003-09) Jesús Marcelo de los Santos Fraga (PAN) Federal Deputies (7) PAN = 4 PRI/PVEM = 3 Federal Senators... This article is about the Mexican state. ... Puebla is the name of a city and a state in Mexico. ... Querétaro (formal name: Querétaro de Arteaga) is a state in central 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 Trans-Mexican volcanic belt (Eje Volcánico Transversal) is a mountain range that extends 900 km from west to east across central Mexico. ...

The highest point is Cerro Potosí (3713 m), located at 24°52′N 100°24′W. Another high point of this system is El Coahuilón with about (3460 m) The range is noted for its high biodiversity and large number of endemic species. This page is about Cerro Potosí in Mexico. ... El Coahuilón is a mountainous system located at the southeast side of the mexican Coahuila state. ... Rainforests are the most biodiverse ecosystem 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 one of various ways of being not native (e. ...

Although separated from the main part of the Sierra Madre Oriental by the Rio Grande, the Chisos Mountains in Big Bend National Park, southwest Texas are floristically part of the Sierra Madre Oriental. The Rio Grande flowing in Big Bend National Park The Rio Grande in its lower course, between Matamoros and Brownsville Known as the Rio Grande in the United States and as the Río Bravo (or, more formally, the Río Bravo del Norte) in Mexico, the river, 3034 km... A view of the South Rim of the Chisos Mountains from the South Rim Trail of Big Bend National Park. ... Big Bend National Park is a national park located in Texas, USA. For more than 1,000 miles (1600 km) the Rio Grande / Río Bravo forms the international boundary between Mexico and the United States; Big Bend National Park administers approximately one-quarter of that boundary. ... Official language(s) None. ... In Botany a Flora (or Floræ) is a collective term for plant life and can also refer to a descriptive catalogue of the plants of any geographical area, geological period, etc. ...

See also: Madrean pine-oak woodlands The Madrean pine-oak woodlands are subtropical woodlands found in the mountains of Mexico and the southwestern United States. ...

This is a photo from Big Bend in Texas, taken near the Rio Grande

ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 375 KB) Summary A view of the Sierra Madre Oriental from the SouthEast of Big Bend National Park, Texas. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 375 KB) Summary A view of the Sierra Madre Oriental from the SouthEast of Big Bend National Park, Texas. ...

External links

• Sierra Madre Oriental pine-oak forests (World Wildlife Fund)