Mexican Plateau
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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.
Aliases (7)
Statements (80)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical region
→
physiographic region → plateau → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Altiplanicie Mexicana
→
Mexican Altiplano → |
| averageElevation |
about 1100 to 2500 meters above sea level
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| borderedBy |
Sierra Madre Occidental
→
Sierra Madre Oriental → Sierra Madre del Sur → Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt → |
| climate |
arid
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semi-arid → temperate highland in some areas → |
| contains |
Aguascalientes Valley
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Basin of Mexico → Chihuahua Desert → Lerma River basin → Mapimí Basin → Valley of Mexico → |
| country |
Mexico
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| drainage |
endorheic basins
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exorheic basins leading to Gulf of Mexico → internally drained basins → |
| economicActivity |
cattle ranching
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irrigated agriculture → mining → |
| ecoregion |
Central Mexican matorral
→
Chihuahuan Desert → Meseta Central matorral → |
| extendsFrom |
U.S.–Mexico border region
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| extendsTo |
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt region
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| 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
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largely composed of volcanic rocks → |
| hasPart |
Mesa Central
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Mesa del Norte → Northern Plateau → Southern Plateau → |
| highestElevation |
over 3000 meters in some areas
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| historicalInhabitants |
Aztec civilization in the southern part
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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
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densely populated region of Mexico → historical center of several pre-Columbian civilizations → |
| locatedIn |
central Mexico
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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 → Mexico State → Nuevo León → Puebla → Querétaro → San Luis Potosí → Tlaxcala → Zacatecas → |
| relativeLocation |
between Sierra Madre Occidental and Sierra Madre Oriental
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Referenced by (26)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Chihuahuan Desert
→
Hidalgo → Municipality of Corregidora, Querétaro → San Luis Potosí → Sierra de las Cruces → |
locatedIn |
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Central Mexico
→
Cerro Mohinora ("Mexican Plateau transition zone") → Lake Texcoco → Querétaro → Sierra de Tepotzotlán → |
partOf |
|
Mexican Plateau
("Mexican Altiplano")
→
Mexican Plateau ("Altiplanicie Mexicana") → |
alsoKnownAs |
|
Naucalpan de Juárez
("central Mexican Plateau")
→
Zacatecas → |
locatedOn |
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Sierra Madre Oriental
→
|
borders |
|
Former Lake Zumpango
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climateRegion |
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Mexican Plateau
("Central Mexican matorral")
→
|
ecoregion |
|
former Lake Chalco
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elevation |
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Aridoamerica
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|
extendsInto |
|
Ciudad Serdán
→
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geographicFeature |
|
Northern Mexico
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|
hasPart |
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San Luis Potosí
("Altiplano Potosino")
→
|
hasRegion |
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Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
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|
influences |
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Sierra Madre Oriental
→
|
rainShadowEffectOn |
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Sierra Nevada (Mexico)
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region |
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Sierra Madre del Sur
("Mexican Plateau from Pacific coastal lowlands")
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separates |