Sierra Madre Oriental

E4326

geographical feature mountain range

The Sierra Madre Oriental is a major mountain range in northeastern Mexico known for its rugged terrain, rich biodiversity, and significant influence on the region’s climate and watersheds.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Sierra Madre Oriental canonical	62
Sierra Madre Oriental region	2
Peaks of the Sierra Madre Oriental	1
Sierra Madre Oriental fold and thrust belt	1
Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range	1
Sierra Madre Oriental peaks	1
Sierra Madre Oriental region (broad sense)	1
Sierra Madre mountain system	1
Sierra Madre mountain system of Mexico	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical feature ⓘ mountain range ⓘ
biodiversityHotspotFor	amphibians ⓘ endemic birds ⓘ endemic plants ⓘ
borders	Mexican Plateau ⓘ
causes	orographic rainfall on eastern slopes ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Mexico ⓘ
drainedBy	Pánuco River basin ⓘ Rio Grande ⓘ surface form: Río Bravo del Norte basin Río Papaloapan basin ⓘ Río Soto la Marina basin ⓘ
ecoregionsInclude	cloud forests ⓘ dry forests ⓘ pine–oak forests ⓘ
extendsFrom	Texas border region ⓘ
extendsTo	Sierra Madre del Sur ⓘ surface form: Sierra Madre del Sur region
forms	orographic barrier to moist air from Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
geology	fold and thrust belt ⓘ limestone ⓘ sedimentary rocks ⓘ
hasEconomicActivities	forestry ⓘ mining ⓘ ranching ⓘ
highestPoint	Cerro San Rafael ⓘ
highestPointElevation_m	3700 ⓘ
influences	regional climate ⓘ watersheds of northeastern Mexico ⓘ
knownFor	karst landscapes ⓘ rich biodiversity ⓘ rugged terrain ⓘ
locatedIn	eastern Mexico ⓘ northeastern Mexico ⓘ
near	Gulf Coast of the United States ⓘ surface form: Gulf Coastal Plain
oriented	northwest–southeast ⓘ
partOf	North American Cordillera ⓘ Sierra Madre Oriental self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sierra Madre mountain system of Mexico
passesThrough	Coahuila ⓘ Hidalgo ⓘ Nuevo León ⓘ Oaxaca ⓘ Puebla ⓘ Querétaro ⓘ San Luis Potosí ⓘ Tamaulipas ⓘ Veracruz ⓘ
rainShadowEffectOn	Mexican Plateau ⓘ
runsParallelTo	Gulf of Mexico ⓘ surface form: Gulf of Mexico coast

Referenced by (71)

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

North America → hasMajorMountainRange → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

North American Cordillera → contains → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Sierra Madre Oriental → partOf → Sierra Madre Oriental self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sierra Madre mountain system of Mexico

Monterrey → hasMountainRange → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Veracruz → hasMountainRange → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Sierra Madre de Oaxaca region → partOf → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sierra Madre mountain system

Americas → containsSubregion → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Pánuco River basin → drainsFrom → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Hidalgo → hasRegion → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Mexican Plateau → borderedBy → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Cerro San Rafael → partOf → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Cerro San Rafael → mountainRange → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Cerro San Rafael → highestPointOf → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Cerro San Rafael → geologicalProvince → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Coahuila → hasMountainRange → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Nuevo León → mountainRange → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Tamaulipas → hasMountainRange → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Northern Mexico → hasPart → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

San Luis Potosí → highestPoint → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sierra Madre Oriental peaks

San Luis Potosí → mountainRange → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Chihuahuan Desert → borderedBy → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

eastern Mexico → includesPartOf → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern Mexico

eastern Mexico → hasMountainRange → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern Mexico

Cerro de la Silla → partOf → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Cerro de la Silla → mountainRange → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Santa Catarina River → sourceRegion → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Montañas Centrales → partOf → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Orizaba metropolitan area → isLocatedNear → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Nogales, Veracruz → locatedInMountainRange → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

American Cordillera → hasPart → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Otomi peoples → culturalRegion → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Sierra Gorda, Mexico → partOf → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Tepehua people → region → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Cuatro Ciénegas → near → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Sierra de Tenango → locatedIn → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Municipality of San Nicolás de los Garza → locatedNear → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sierra Madre Oriental region

Reserva de la Biosfera El Cielo → partOf → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve → partOf → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Saltillo → locatedInMountainRange → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sierra Madre Oriental region

Northeastern Mexico → hasLandform → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Guayalejo River → drains → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Guayalejo River → locatedInMountainRangeRegion → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Sótano de las Golondrinas → locatedIn → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Zimapán → partOf → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Pame → region → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Sierra Madre Mountains (California) → isDistinctFrom → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Moctezuma River → region → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Ciudad Victoria → locatedNear → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Pico Norte → mountainRange → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

Pico Norte → hasGeologicalContext → Sierra Madre Oriental ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sierra Madre Oriental fold and thrust belt