Baja California Peninsula ranges

E6096

mountain range system physiographic region

The Baja California Peninsula ranges are a series of mountain chains running along Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula, forming part of the larger North American Cordillera system.

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Label	Occurrences
Baja California Peninsula ranges canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	mountain range system ⓘ physiographic region ⓘ
borderedBy	Gulf of California ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ
climate	arid to semi-arid at low elevations ⓘ temperate to cool at higher elevations ⓘ
contains	National Astronomical Observatory (Mexico) ⓘ Sierra de Juárez ⓘ Sierra de San Borja ⓘ Sierra de San Borja ⓘ surface form: Sierra de San Francisco Sierra de San Javier ⓘ Sierra de San Luis ⓘ Sierra de San Pedro Mártir ⓘ Sierra de la Asamblea ⓘ Sierra de la Giganta ⓘ Sierra de la Laguna ⓘ Sierra de la Victoria ⓘ
containsPeak	Sierra de Juárez ⓘ surface form: Picacho del Diablo
country	Mexico ⓘ
creates	rain shadow effects ⓘ
ecoregion	Baja California desert ⓘ California chaparral and woodlands ⓘ Sierra de la Laguna dry forests ⓘ Sierra de la Laguna pine–oak forests ⓘ
elevation	approximately 3096 m ⓘ
extendsThrough	Baja California ⓘ Baja California ⓘ surface form: Baja California Sur
formedDuring	Cenozoic ⓘ surface form: Cenozoic era
geologicalSetting	North American Plate ⓘ surface form: Pacific–North American plate boundary region
geology	Cenozoic volcanic rocks ⓘ metamorphic basement rocks ⓘ primarily granitic rocks ⓘ
geomorphology	fault-block mountains ⓘ
habitatFor	bighorn sheep populations ⓘ endemic plant species ⓘ endemic reptile species ⓘ
highestPointIn	Sierra de San Pedro Mártir ⓘ
influences	Baja California Peninsula climate ⓘ
locatedIn	North America ⓘ Sierra de San Pedro Mártir ⓘ
orientation	north–south ⓘ
partOf	Baja California ⓘ surface form: Baja California Peninsula North American Cordillera ⓘ
separates	Pacific coastal plain from interior desert basins ⓘ
usedFor	astronomical observation sites ⓘ ecotourism ⓘ grazing ⓘ hiking ⓘ

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North American Cordillera → contains → Baja California Peninsula ranges ⓘ