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  2. Sierra Madre Oriental - Wikipedia

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    The Sierra Madre Oriental (Spanish: [ˈsjera ˈmaðɾe oɾjenˈtal] ⓘ) is a mountain range in northeastern Mexico.The Sierra Madre Oriental is part of the American Cordillera, a chain of mountain ranges (cordillera) that consists of an almost continuous sequence of mountain ranges that form the western "backbone" of North America, Central America, South America, and Antarctica.

  3. Category:Sierra Madre Oriental - Wikipedia

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    The Sierra Madre Oriental — the primary north/south mountain range along the east coast of Mexico. Map of major Mexican mountain ranges: Sierra Madre Oriental (right), Sierra Madre Occidental , Sierra Madre del Sur , and east-west Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt .

  4. Sierra Madre Occidental - Wikipedia

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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.

  5. Madrean pine–oak woodlands - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Sierra Madre Oriental pine–oak forests - Wikipedia

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    The Sierra Madre Oriental pine–oak forests are found at elevations of 1,000–3,500 m (3,300–11,500 ft) above sea level in the Sierra Madre Oriental range, which runs north and south between the Gulf Coastal Plain to the east along the Gulf of Mexico, and the Mexican Plateau to the west.

  7. Tamaulipan matorral - Wikipedia

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    The Tamaulipan matorral is an ecoregion in the deserts and xeric shrublands biome on the eastern slopes of the Sierra Madre Oriental range in northeastern Mexico.It is a transitional ecoregion between the Tamaulipan mezquital and the Sierra Madre Oriental pine-oak forests to the west and the Veracruz moist forests to the south.

  8. Cerro Potosí - Wikipedia

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    Cerro El Potosí is the highest mountain in the Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range of northeast Mexico. It is located in the state of Nuevo León , about 80 km (50 mi) south of Monterrey . [ 2 ]

  9. Meseta Central matorral - Wikipedia

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    The Meseta Central matorral occupies the central portion of the Mexican Plateau.It is bounded on the east by the Sierra Madre Oriental.The Sierra de Arteaga, Serranía de Zapalinamé, Sierra La Concordia, and Sierra de Parras ranges separate the ecoregion from the Chihuahuan Desert to the north.