Sierra de las Cruces

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mountain range volcanic mountain range

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.

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 (7)

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

Valley of Mexico → boundedBy → Sierra de las Cruces →
Río Magdalena → hasSourceIn → Sierra de las Cruces →
Cuajimalpa de Morelos → locatedInMountainRange → Sierra de las Cruces →
Lake Texcoco → locatedNear → Sierra de las Cruces →
Magdalena Contreras → locatedOnTerrainFeature → Sierra de las Cruces →
southwest Mexico City → near → Sierra de las Cruces →
subject surface form: Southwest Mexico City