Mesa del Norte

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Mesa del Norte is a high, arid plateau region in northern Mexico that forms part of the country’s broader Mexican Plateau.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mesa del Norte canonical 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographic region of Mexico
physiographic region
plateau
borders Mesa Central
bordersCountry United States of America
containsCity Chihuahua City
Saltillo
San Luis Potosí City
Torreón
Zacatecas City
country Mexico
drainageBasin Gulf of Mexico watershed
surface form: Gulf of Mexico basin

Río Bravo del Norte basin
extendsIntoState Chihuahua
Coahuila
Durango
Nuevo León
San Luis Potosí
Sonora
Tamaulipas
Zacatecas
geologicalSetting Basin and Range Province
hasAverageElevation about 1100–2000 meters above sea level
hasClimate arid climate
semiarid climate
hasEconomicActivity cattle ranching
dryland farming
mining
hasMajorRiver Río Aguanaval
Rio Conchos
surface form: Río Conchos

Río Nazas
hasSoilType aridisols
calcisols
hasTerrain basin-and-range topography
high plateau
hasTimeZone Central Time Zone
surface form: Central Standard Time

Mountain Time Zone
surface form: Mountain Standard Time
hasVegetation desert scrub
xerophytic shrubland
isDescribedAs high arid plateau region
isNorthOf Mesa Central
isPartOf Mexican Plateau
surface form: Mexican Altiplano
isSouthOf U.S.–Mexico border
surface form: United States–Mexico border region
languageMajority Spanish
locatedIn Northern Mexico
surface form: northern Mexico
locatedInContinent North America
partOf Mexican Plateau

Referenced by (2)

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

Durango isPartOfRegion Mesa del Norte
Mexican Plateau hasPart Mesa del Norte