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Mexico: Natural Landscape

9 months ago By The Editor

Mexico is located in the southern portion of North America and is the third largest country in Latin America. A biodiverse country, it encompasses arid deserts and scrublands, tropical rainforests, temperate forests and grasslands, mangrove swamps, alpine ecosystems, and coral reefs.

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Middle America Trench: Acapulco and Guatemala Trenches (Mexico, Central America)

1 year ago By The Editor

The Middle America Trench is a major subduction zone, an oceanic trench in the eastern Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico and Central America. It can be divided into a northern section called the Acapulco Trench and a southern section called the Guatemala Trench.

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Nevado de Toluca: Nevado de Toluca National Park (Mexico)

1 year ago By The Editor

Nevado de Toluca National Park protects the Nevado de Toluca volcano, which forms nearly the entire park surface and is the fourth-highest peak in Mexico. The volcano, still commonly referred to by its Aztec name, "Xinantécatl," has been long extinct.

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Peninsular Ranges System: Tres Vírgenes Volcanic Complex (Mexico)

2 years ago By The Editor

The Peninsular Ranges System is a series of six coastal mountain ranges that run from north to south along the entire length of the Baja California Peninsula in northwestern Mexico. The Tres Vírgenes volcanic complex contains the only stratovolcanoes on the peninsula.

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Petén Basin: Maya Forest (Mexico, Guatemala, Belize)

3 years ago By The Editor

The Petén Basin of northern Guatemala and southeastern Mexico is a geographical subregion of Mesoamerica and was a center of Maya civilizations. The Maya Forest, which includes Belize, is the second-largest remaining tropical rainforest in the Americas.

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Pico de Orizaba: Pico de Orizaba National Park (Mexico)

1 year ago By The Editor

Pico de Orizaba is an inactive stratovolcano on the southern edge of the Mexican Plateau. It is home to the largest glacier in Mexico, Gran Glaciar Norte. Pico de Orizaba National Park protects the volcano and the surrounding area.

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Río Bravo (Mexico): Rio Grande (U.S.)

11 months ago By The Editor

The Río Bravo, or more formally the Río Bravo del Norte, in Mexico, is known as the Rio Grande in the United States. The river flows generally southward for approximately 1,900 mi, forming the border between Mexico and the U.S. state of Texas before emptying into the Gulf of Mexico.

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Sierra de Huautla: Sierra de Huautla Biosphere Reserve (Mexico)

1 year ago By The Editor

The Sierra de Huautla is a mountain range in south-central Mexico. The Sierra de Huautla Biosphere Reserve is located in the Balsas River basin. Its rough topology contains a broad representation of ecosystems constituting a rich reservoir of species endemic to Mexico.

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Sierra del Carmen: Maderas del Carmen Biosphere Reserve (Mexico)

1 year ago By The Editor

The Sierra del Carmen is the northernmost section of the eastern Sierra Madre range in Mexico, a sky island with ridges and peaks that rise from the base of the Chihuahuan Desert. The Maderas del Carmen Biosphere Reserve protects part of the Sierra del Carmen.

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Sierra Madre de Chiapas (Mexico, Central America)

6 months ago By The Editor

The Sierra Madre de Chiapas is a major mountain range of Central America that runs parallel to the Pacific coast, from southern Mexico northwest-southeast across the southern half of Guatemala and into El Salvador and Honduras.

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Sierra Madre: Mountain System (Mexico)

The Editor Wed, 04/10/2019 - 21:12

The Sierra Madre is the principal mountain system of Mexico that encloses the central Mexican Plateau. Consisting of the Sierra Madre Oriental, Sierra Madre Occidental, Sierra Madre del Sur, and Sierra Madre de Oaxaca, the mountains form a broad northwest-southeast arc extending the length of Mexico.

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