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The Spanish name sierra madre means "mother mountain range" in English, and occidental means "western", these thus being the "Western mother mountain range". [1] To the east, from the Spanish oriental meaning "eastern" in English, the Sierra Madre Oriental range or "Eastern mother mountain range" runs generally parallel to the Sierra Madre Occidental along eastern Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico.
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The Sierra Madre Occidental run north to south in western Mexico from the center of the country towards the United States border. The Sierra Madre Occidental is Mexico's largest range, and the ecoregion extends approximately 1,200 kilometers from southern Arizona to northern Jalisco. [4] The highest peak is Cerro Mohinora (3300 m) in southern ...
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.
Sierra Madre Occidental: 3357 m 11,014 ft: 1387 m 4,551 ft: ... Map this section's coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; GPX (all coordinates)
Sierra Madre Occidental – 1,500 km (930 mi) (section of the North American Cordillera) Mantiqueira Mountains / Espinhaço Mountains – 1,320 km (820 mi) Kolyma Mountains – 1,300 km (810 mi) (section of the East Siberian System of mountains)
Sierra Madre Occidental — the primary mountain range of coastal northwestern Mexico. The Physiographic province (geology) is a part of the North American Cordillera system. The main article for this category is Sierra Madre Occidental .
Sierra de Órganos is nestled within the Sierra Madre Occidental mountain range, in an area that corresponds to the physiographic province of the Mexican Plateau. The topography is uneven, with elevations ranging from 2,120 to 2,560 metres (6,960 to 8,400 ft) above sea level. [1]