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• In Mexico: Physiographic regions

  The Sierra Madre Oriental, a range of folded mountains formed of shales and limestones, is situated on the eastern side of the Mexican Plateau. Often considered an extension of the Rocky Mountains (which are cut by the Rio Grande but continue in New Mexico and western…

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Cumbres de Monterrey National Park

• In Cumbres de Monterrey National Park

  …are the mountains of the Sierra Madre Oriental, many of which are more than 7,000 feet (2,100 metres) above sea level and have pine and oak forests on the lower slopes; the Huasteca Canyon ecological park near Monterrey; and the 82-foot (25-metre) Cola de Caballo (Spanish: “Horse Tail”) waterfalls, southwest…

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• In Nuevo León

  …is crossed by the southeastward-running Sierra Madre Oriental, which has an average elevation of 5,000 feet (1,500 metres). The extreme north consists of the plain along the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte). The arid and semiarid climate of the northern half of the state supports only cacti and shrubs.…

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Sierra Madre

• In Sierra Madre

  …Occidental (to the west), the Sierra Madre Oriental (to the east), and the Sierra Madre del Sur (to the south). These ranges enclose the great central Mexican Plateau, which itself is a part of the system—although the northern portion of the plateau also is considered to be part of the…

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