Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt

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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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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Arc	2
eastern Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt	2
Eje Neovolcánico	1
Eje Volcánico Transversal	1
Mexican volcanic province	1
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt margin structures	1
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine–oak forests	1
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt region	1

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 (53)

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

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

Chihuahuan Desert → borderedBy → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ

Mexican Plateau → borderedBy → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ

Central Mexico → contains → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ

Sierra de las Cruces → ecoregion → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine–oak forests

Mexican Plateau → extendsTo → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt region

Western Mexico → hasGeographicFeature → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ

Michoacán → hasMountainRange → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ

Veracruz → hasMountainRange → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ

North American plate boundary system → hasPart → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt margin structures

Colima Volcano → hasVolcanicArc → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Trans-Mexican Volcanic Arc

Pico de Orizaba → highestPointOf → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ

Nevado de Toluca → isPartOf → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mexican volcanic province

Iztaccíhuatl → isStratovolcanoOf → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ

Cofre de Perote → locatedIn → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ

this entity surface form: eastern Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt

Colima Volcano → locatedIn → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ

Iztaccíhuatl → locatedIn → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ

Las Altas Montañas region of Veracruz → locatedIn → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ

this entity surface form: eastern Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt

Nevado de Toluca → locatedIn → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ

Popocatépetl → locatedIn → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ

Valley of Mexico → locatedIn → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ

Magdalena Contreras → locatedInEcologicalRegion → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ

Ocoyoacac → locatedInMountainRange → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ

Orizaba → locatedInMountainRange → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ

Ciudad Serdán → locatedInRegion → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ

Estado de México → locatedOn → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ

Pico de Orizaba → locatedOn → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ

Tlalpan, Mexico City → locatedOn → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ

Ceboruco → mountainRange → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ

Cofre de Perote → mountainRange → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ

Colima → mountainRange → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ

subject surface form: Colima Volcano

Gran Glaciar Norte → mountainRange → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ

Iztaccíhuatl → mountainRange → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ

Popocatépetl → mountainRange → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ

Sierra de las Cruces → mountainSystem → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ

Ceboruco → partOf → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ

Desierto de los Leones National Park → partOf → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ