Mexican Plateau

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geographical region physiographic region plateau

The Mexican Plateau is a vast highland region in northern and central Mexico, characterized by its arid to semi-arid climate, elevated basins, and surrounding mountain ranges.

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All labels observed (18)

Label	Occurrences
Mexican Plateau canonical	48
Altiplano Potosino	4
Mexican Highlands	4
Mexican Altiplano	3
Mexican highlands	3
Altiplano Mexicano	2
Altiplano of central Mexico	2
Central Highlands of Mexico	2
Altiplanicie Mexicana	1
Altiplano Central mexicano	1
Altiplano region of Mexico	1
Central Mexican matorral	1
Mexican Highlands region	1
Mexican Plateau from Pacific coastal lowlands	1
Mexican Plateau margin	1
Mexican Plateau physiographic province	1
Mexican Plateau transition zone	1
central Mexican Plateau	1

Statements (80)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical region ⓘ physiographic region ⓘ plateau ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Mexican Plateau ⓘ surface form: Altiplanicie Mexicana Mexican Plateau ⓘ surface form: Mexican Altiplano
averageElevation	about 1100 to 2500 meters above sea level ⓘ
borderedBy	Sierra Madre Occidental ⓘ Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ Sierra Madre del Sur ⓘ Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
climate	arid ⓘ semi-arid ⓘ temperate highland in some areas ⓘ
contains	Bajío ⓘ surface form: Aguascalientes Valley Valley of Mexico ⓘ surface form: Basin of Mexico Chihuahuan Desert ⓘ surface form: Chihuahua Desert Lerma River basin ⓘ Mapimí Basin ⓘ Valley of Mexico ⓘ
country	Mexico ⓘ
drainage	endorheic basins ⓘ exorheic basins leading to Gulf of Mexico ⓘ internally drained basins ⓘ
economicActivity	cattle ranching ⓘ irrigated agriculture ⓘ mining ⓘ
ecoregion	Mexican Plateau self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Central Mexican matorral Chihuahuan Desert ⓘ Meseta Central matorral ⓘ
extendsFrom	U.S.–Mexico border region ⓘ
extendsTo	Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ surface form: Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt region
feature	elevated basins separated by mountain ranges ⓘ large endorheic lakes historically present in some basins ⓘ rain shadow conditions from surrounding sierras ⓘ
geology	includes sedimentary basins ⓘ largely composed of volcanic rocks ⓘ
hasPart	Mesa Central ⓘ Mesa del Norte ⓘ Northern Plateau ⓘ Southern Plateau ⓘ
highestElevation	over 3000 meters in some areas ⓘ
historicalInhabitants	Aztec civilization in the southern part ⓘ Teotihuacan culture in the southern part ⓘ Toltec civilization in the southern part ⓘ various Chichimeca groups in the north ⓘ
importance	core area of Mexican agriculture in irrigated valleys ⓘ densely populated region of Mexico ⓘ historical center of several pre-Columbian civilizations ⓘ
locatedIn	Central Mexico ⓘ surface form: central Mexico Northern Mexico ⓘ surface form: northern Mexico
majorCity	Aguascalientes ⓘ Chihuahua City ⓘ Durango ⓘ Guadalajara ⓘ León ⓘ Mexico City ⓘ Monterrey ⓘ Puebla ⓘ Querétaro ⓘ Saltillo ⓘ San Luis Potosí ⓘ Toluca ⓘ Zacatecas ⓘ
partOf	Mexican interior ⓘ North America ⓘ
passesThrough	Aguascalientes ⓘ Chihuahua ⓘ Coahuila ⓘ Durango ⓘ Guanajuato ⓘ Hidalgo ⓘ Jalisco ⓘ Estado de México ⓘ surface form: Mexico State Nuevo León ⓘ Puebla ⓘ Querétaro ⓘ San Luis Potosí ⓘ Tlaxcala ⓘ Zacatecas ⓘ
relativeLocation	between Sierra Madre Occidental and Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Referenced by (78)

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

Sierra Madre Oriental → rainShadowEffectOn → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

Sierra Madre Oriental → borders → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

Sierra Madre del Sur → separates → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mexican Plateau from Pacific coastal lowlands

Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt → influences → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

Ciudad Serdán → geographicFeature → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

Cerro Mohinora → partOf → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mexican Plateau transition zone

Sierra de las Cruces → locatedIn → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

Central Mexico → partOf → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

Zacatecas → locatedOn → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

Aridoamerica → extendsInto → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

Hidalgo → locatedIn → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

Mexican Plateau → alsoKnownAs → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mexican Altiplano

Mexican Plateau → alsoKnownAs → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

this entity surface form: Altiplanicie Mexicana

Mexican Plateau → ecoregion → Mexican Plateau self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Mexican matorral

Querétaro → partOf → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

Northern Mexico → hasPart → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

San Luis Potosí → hasRegion → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

this entity surface form: Altiplano Potosino

San Luis Potosí → locatedIn → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

Chihuahuan Desert → locatedIn → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

Lake Texcoco → partOf → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

former Lake Chalco → elevation → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

former Lake Zumpango → climateRegion → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

subject surface form: Former Lake Zumpango

Sierra Nevada (Mexico) → region → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

Naucalpan de Juárez → locatedOn → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

this entity surface form: central Mexican Plateau

Sierra de Tepotzotlán → partOf → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

municipality of Corregidora, Querétaro → locatedIn → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

subject surface form: Municipality of Corregidora, Querétaro

Victoria de Durango → partOf → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mexican Highlands

Mesa del Norte → partOf → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

Mesa del Norte → isPartOf → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mexican Altiplano

Pénjamo → locatedOn → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

Puebla Valley → partOf → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mexican Altiplano

Range of the Crosses → isPartOf → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mexican highlands

Cerro La Catedral → partOf → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

Lerma River basin → ecoregion → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

Tlaxcala City → region → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

this entity surface form: Altiplano region of Mexico

Otumba, central Mexico → region → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

subject surface form: Otumba

this entity surface form: Altiplano of central Mexico

Mexican Federal Highway 40 in Mazatlán → connectsRegion → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

Classical Nahuatl → region → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central Highlands of Mexico

Guadalupe → locatedInRegion → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

subject surface form: Guadalupe, Zacatecas

this entity surface form: Altiplano Mexicano

Guadalupe → belongsTo → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

subject surface form: Guadalupe, Zacatecas

Real del Monte → region → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

this entity surface form: Altiplano of central Mexico

Bajío → partOf → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

Valle del Mezquital → partOf → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

Northern Plateau → partOf → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

Northern Plateau → geologicalSetting → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mexican Plateau physiographic province

Lake Chapala → locatedOn → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

Mesa Central → partOf → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

Southern Plateau → partOf → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

Southern Plateau → formsPartOf → Mexican Plateau ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mexican highlands

Meseta Central matorral → locatedIn → Mexican Plateau ⓘ