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The
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt (Eje Volcánico Transversal) also known locally as
Sierra Nevada, is a
volcanic belt that extends 900 km from west to east across central-southern
Mexico. Several of its highest peaks have snow all year long, and during clear weather, they're visible to a large proportions of those who live in Mexico on the many high plateaus from which these volcanoes rise.
From the west, it runs from
Jalisco east through northern
Michoacán, southern
Guanajuato, southern
Querétaro,
México State, southern
Hidalgo, the
Distrito Federal, northern
Morelos,
Puebla and
Tlaxcala, to central
Veracruz. The
Mexican Plateau lies to the north, bounded by the
Sierra Madre Occidental to the west and
Sierra Madre Oriental to the east. The
Cofre de Perote and
Pico de Orizaba volcanoes, in Puebla and Veracruz, mark the meeting of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt with the Sierra Madre Oriental. To the south, the basin of the
Balsas River lies between the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt and the
Sierra Madre del Sur. This area is also a distinct physiographic province of the larger
Sierra Madre System physiographic division.
The highest point, also the highest point in Mexico, is
Pico de Orizaba (5636 m) also known as Citlaltépetl, located at . This, and several of the other high peaks, are active or dormant
volcanoes; other notable volcanoes in the range include (from west to east)
Nevado de Colima (4339 m),
Parícutin (2774 m),
Nevado de Toluca (4577 m),
Popocatépetl (5452 m),
Iztaccíhuatl (5286 m),
Matlalcueitl (4461 m)
Cofre de Perote (4282 m) and
Sierra Negra, a companion of the Pico de Orizaba (4580 m).
The mountains are home to the
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine-oak forests, one of the
Mesoamerican pine-oak forests ecoregions.
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