Sierra de las Cruces

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Sierra de las Cruces is a mountainous range in central Mexico that forms part of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt and serves as a natural boundary near Mexico City.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sierra de las Cruces canonical 22
Sierra de las Cruces (Spanish) 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range
volcanic mountain range
climate temperate subhumid
contains ignimbrite deposits
lava flows
volcanic cones
continent North America
country Mexico
drainsTo Lerma River basin
Valley of Mexico
surface form: Valley of Mexico endorheic basin
ecoregion Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
surface form: Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine–oak forests
formsNaturalBoundaryFor Greater Mexico City metropolitan area
surface form: Mexico City metropolitan area
geologicalAge Cenozoic
geologicalOrigin volcanic
hasProtectedAreas local conservation areas
highestPointName Cerro La Catedral
hydrologicalRole watershed divide between Valley of Mexico and Lerma basin
languageRegion Spanish
locatedIn Mexican Plateau
central Mexico
locatedInState Mexico City
State of Mexico
locatedNear Mexico City
locatedOn North American Plate
mountainSystem Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
nameMeaning Range of the Crosses
nearbyCity Huixquilucan
Lerma
Naucalpan de Juárez
surface form: Naucalpan

Toluca
orientation east–west
partOf Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
separates Toluca Valley
Valley of Mexico
threat deforestation
forest fires
urban expansion
usedFor forestry
hiking
recreation
vegetationType fir forest
oak forest
pine forest

Referenced by (23)

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Magdalena Contreras locatedOnTerrainFeature Sierra de las Cruces
Valley of Mexico boundedBy Sierra de las Cruces
Cuajimalpa de Morelos locatedInMountainRange Sierra de las Cruces
Río Magdalena hasSourceIn Sierra de las Cruces
southwest Mexico City near Sierra de las Cruces
subject surface form: Southwest Mexico City
Lake Texcoco locatedNear Sierra de las Cruces
Range of the Crosses partOf Sierra de las Cruces
Range of the Crosses hasNameInLanguage Sierra de las Cruces
this entity surface form: Sierra de las Cruces (Spanish)
Range of the Crosses meaningOfName Sierra de las Cruces
Range of the Crosses translationOf Sierra de las Cruces
Parque Nacional Los Dinamos partOf Sierra de las Cruces
Cerro La Catedral locatedIn Sierra de las Cruces
Cerro La Catedral mountainRange Sierra de las Cruces
Cerro La Catedral highestPointOf Sierra de las Cruces
Sierra de Guadalupe hasViewOf Sierra de las Cruces
Monte de las Cruces crosses Sierra de las Cruces
Zinacantepec hasPart Sierra de las Cruces
borough of Cuajimalpa de Morelos highestPoint Sierra de las Cruces
subject surface form: Cuajimalpa de Morelos
borough of Cuajimalpa de Morelos locatedInOrNextTo Sierra de las Cruces
subject surface form: Cuajimalpa de Morelos
“Desert of the Lions” in English locatedIn Sierra de las Cruces
subject surface form: Desert of the Lions
“Desert of the Lions” in English locatedInMountainRange Sierra de las Cruces
subject surface form: Desert of the Lions