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Mesa del Norte is part of the extreme northern part of the Mexican Plateau. The Mesa del Norte or northern plateau averages 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) in elevation above mean sea level and extends south from the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte) through the states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas and San Luis Potosí.
The El Cielo Biosphere Reserve (Reserva de la Biosfera El Cielo in Spanish) is located in the Sierra Madre Oriental in the southern part of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas near the town of Gómez Farias. The reserve protects the northernmost extension of tropical forest and cloud forest in Mexico. It has an area of 144,530 hectares (357,100 ...
In the watershed surrounding the wetlands, the natural terrestrial vegetation is composed of xeric scrub (1,920–2,100 m above sea level), pine and oak forests intertwined with xeric scrub (2,100–2,400 m) and by pure pine-oak forests in the higher peaks (2,400–2,900 m).
A woman in Washington, D.C., may call it one thing. A guy living off a main square in Mexico City might call it another.. But a tug of war over referring to the immense body of water off the coast ...
Rain falling over a drainage basin in Scotland.Understanding the cycling of water into, through, and out of catchments is a key element of hydrology. Hydrology (from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr) ' water ' and -λογία () ' study of ') is the scientific study of the movement, distribution, and management of water on Earth and other planets, including the water cycle, water resources ...
The Mexican Geological Society (in Spanish: Sociedad Geológica Mexicana) is a Mexican learned society founded in 1904. [1] Among the founders was geologist Dr. José G. Aguilera who also was the first president of the society. The society publishes the journal Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana.
Nueva Italia is located in the center of the state of Michoacán, in the coordinates 19° 01' latitude and 102° 06'W, approximately 420 meters above sea level. Bordered on the north by the town of Lombardía , lying west of the town of La Huacana, east of the town of Parácuaro and the city of Apatzingán. To the south lie El Letrero and ...
Armour of basalt blocks. In hydrology and geography, armor is the association of surface pebbles, rocks or boulders with stream beds or beaches.Most commonly hydrological armor occurs naturally; however, a man-made form is usually called riprap, when shorelines or stream banks are fortified for erosion protection with large boulders or sizable manufactured concrete objects.