Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt

E10756
mountain range physiographic province volcanic belt

The Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt is a major east–west volcanic mountain range across central-southern Mexico, known for its high concentration of active and dormant volcanoes and significant geological and ecological diversity.

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All labels observed (13)

Label Occurrences
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt canonical 99
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt region 5
eastern Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt 4

Statements (54)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range ⓘ
physiographic province ⓘ
volcanic belt ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
surface form: Eje Neovolcánico

Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
surface form: Eje Volcánico Transversal
contains Ceboruco ⓘ
Cofre de Perote ⓘ
Colima Volcano ⓘ
Iztaccíhuatl ⓘ
La Malinche ⓘ
Colima Volcano ⓘ
surface form: Nevado de Colima

Nevado de Toluca ⓘ
Parícutin ⓘ
Pico de Orizaba ⓘ
Popocatépetl ⓘ
Sierra Nevada (Mexico) ⓘ
Valley of Mexico ⓘ
surface form: Valle de México
country Mexico ⓘ
extendsFrom Pacific Ocean ⓘ
extendsTo Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
formedBySubductionOf Cocos Plate ⓘ
Rivera Plate ⓘ
geologicalAge Cenozoic ⓘ
hasVolcanoStatus active volcanoes ⓘ
dormant volcanoes ⓘ
extinct volcanoes ⓘ
highestPoint Pico de Orizaba ⓘ
highestPointElevation 5636 m ⓘ
influences Mexican Plateau ⓘ
climate of central Mexico ⓘ
hydrology of central Mexico ⓘ
knownFor ecological diversity ⓘ
geological diversity ⓘ
high volcanic activity ⓘ
locatedIn central Mexico ⓘ
southern Mexico ⓘ
mainRockType andesite ⓘ
basalt ⓘ
dacite ⓘ
orientation east–west ⓘ
overlies North American Plate ⓘ
partOf Pacific Ring of Fire ⓘ
surface form: Circum-Pacific Belt

North American Cordillera ⓘ
passesThrough Guanajuato ⓘ
Jalisco ⓘ
Michoacán ⓘ
Morelos ⓘ
State of Mexico ⓘ
surface form: México State

Puebla ⓘ
Querétaro ⓘ
Tlaxcala ⓘ
Veracruz ⓘ
tectonicSetting subduction zone ⓘ
volcanismType calc-alkaline volcanism ⓘ

Referenced by (120)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pico de Orizaba → locatedOn → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
Pico de Orizaba → highestPointOf → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
Pico de Orizaba → volcanicArcOrBelt → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
Magdalena Contreras → locatedInEcologicalRegion → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
Gran Glaciar Norte → mountainRange → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
Valley of Mexico → locatedIn → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt → alsoKnownAs → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eje Volcánico Transversal
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt → alsoKnownAs → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eje Neovolcánico
Veracruz → hasMountainRange → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
Orizaba → locatedInMountainRange → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
Ciudad Serdán → locatedInRegion → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
Sierra de las Cruces → partOf → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
Sierra de las Cruces → mountainSystem → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
Sierra de las Cruces → ecoregion → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine–oak forests
Star Mountain → partOfMountainRange → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
Central Mexico → contains → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
Tlalpan, Mexico City → locatedOn → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
Western Mexico → hasGeographicFeature → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
Mexican Plateau → borderedBy → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
Mexican Plateau → extendsTo → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt region
Querétaro → partOf → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
Chihuahuan Desert → borderedBy → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
Sierra Nevada (Mexico) → partOf → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
Sierra Nevada (Mexico) → partOf → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
subject surface form: Pico de Orizaba
Sierra Nevada (Mexico) → partOf → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
subject surface form: Popocatépetl
Sierra Nevada (Mexico) → partOf → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
subject surface form: Iztaccíhuatl
Sierra Nevada (Mexico) → partOf → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
subject surface form: La Malinche
Sierra de Pachuca → partOf → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
Michoacán → hasMountainRange → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
Colima → mountainRange → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
subject surface form: Colima Volcano
Ceboruco → partOf → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
Ceboruco → mountainRange → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
Ceboruco → volcanicArc → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trans-Mexican Volcanic Arc
Cofre de Perote → locatedIn → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: eastern Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
Cofre de Perote → mountainRange → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
Popocatépetl → locatedIn → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
Popocatépetl → mountainRange → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
Popocatépetl → partOf → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
Iztaccíhuatl → locatedIn → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
Iztaccíhuatl → mountainRange → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
Iztaccíhuatl → isStratovolcanoOf → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
Nevado de Toluca → locatedIn → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
Nevado de Toluca → volcanicArcOrBelt → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
Nevado de Toluca → isPartOf → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mexican volcanic province
Colima Volcano → locatedIn → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
Colima Volcano → hasVolcanicArc → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trans-Mexican Volcanic Arc
Parícutin → partOf → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
Parícutin → volcanicArcOrBelt → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
North American plate boundary system → hasPart → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt margin structures
Estado de México → locatedOn → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ