Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt

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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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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

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White Woman locatedInMountainRange Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
White Woman hasVolcanicArc Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
La Cabeza mountainRange Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
El Pecho mountainRange Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
El Pecho partOf Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
La Panza mountainRange Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
Los Pies mountainRange Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
Nevado de Toluca National Park mountainRange Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
Zinacantepec locatedInGeographicRegion Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
Volcán de Fuego partOf Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
Volcán de Fuego mountainRange Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
Volcán de Fuego volcanicArc Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
this entity surface form: Trans-Mexican Volcanic Arc
Orizaba Valley partOf Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
this entity surface form: Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt region
Magdalena Contreras borough locatedInEcologicalRegion Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
Orizaba, Veracruz locatedInGeographicalRegion Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
this entity surface form: eastern Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
Ciudad Mendoza, Veracruz locatedIn Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
this entity surface form: eastern slopes of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
Ajusco mountain partOf Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
subject surface form: Ajusco
Ajusco mountain volcanicArc Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
subject surface form: Ajusco
Alcaldía Cuajimalpa de Morelos locatedOn Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
Sierra Madre mountain system includes Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt