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

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.

Nevado de Toluca → volcanicArcOrBelt → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
Parícutin → volcanicArcOrBelt → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
Pico de Orizaba → volcanicArcOrBelt → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ