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The eastern end of the Sierra Madre del Sur, in southern Oaxaca, is known as the Sierra Miahuatlán. It extends east–west for about 180 km parallel to the Pacific coast, with broad areas over 1,500 metres elevation, including Cerro Nube. It is bounded on the east and northeast by the valley of the Tehuantepec River and on the north by the ...
The Sierra Madre del Sur pine–oak forests occupy an area of 61,200 square kilometers (23,600 sq mi), within the states of Michoacán, Guerrero, and Oaxaca. The pine–oak forests occupy the higher slopes of the Sierra Madre del Sur range, which runs east and west parallel to Mexico's southern Pacific Coast.
Pines and oaks coexist in the Nealtican Malpaís (Tianguismanalco, Puebla). The Madrean pine–oak woodlands are found at higher elevations in Mexico's major mountain ranges, the Sierra Madre Occidental, the Sierra Madre Oriental, the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, the Sierra Madre del Sur, the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca, the Peninsular Ranges of the Baja California Peninsula.
The Sierra Madre Occidental runs almost parallel to Mexico's Pacific west coast, from just south of the Arizona-Sonora border and southeast through the desert of east Sonora and western Chihuahua, inland Sinaloa and Durango, into Zacatecas, Nayarit, Jalisco, Aguascalientes and Guanajuato, where it joins with the Sierra Madre del Sur and the Eje ...
Most of the terrain is dominated by the Sierra Madre del Sur as it parallels the coast. Between the mountains and the ocean is a narrow strip of hilly land called the Lomérios de la Vertiente del Pacífico and coastal plains called the Planicies Costeras. The region is filled with winding rivers which empty into the Pacific.
This category is for Sierra Madre del Sur,a major mountain range of Southwestern Mexico. It is located along the Pacific Coast of Mexico and inland, in the states of Guerrero , Oaxaca , and Michoacán .
Omiltemi Ecological State Park is located in the Sierra Madre del Sur, 15 km west of Chilpancingo. [1] The topography is rugged, with steep slopes and deep gorges. Elevations range from 1800 to 2800 meters. [1]
The 139,577 hectares (538.91 sq mi) reserve is located in the transition of the Nearctic and Neotropical realms and encompasses parts of the Sierra Madre del Sur, with a wide range of altitudes, climates and soils. The effects of tectonic and volcanic activities and erosion are notable within the reserve.