Mexican Plateau
Sign in to saveAlso known as Central Mexican Plateau, Mexican Altiplano, Altiplanicie Mexicana, Central Plateau (Altiplano)
arid-to-semiarid plateau across northern and central Mexico
Key facts
- Country
- Mexico
- States
- Aguascalientes , Chihuahua , Coahuila , Durango , Guanajuato , Jalisco , Michoacán , Querétaro , San Luis Potosí , Zacatecas
- Total
- 601,882 km (232,388 sq mi)
- Density
- 124/km (322/sq mi)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
A view of the Mexican Plateau near San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato The Central Mexican Plateau, also known as the Mexican Altiplano (Spanish: Altiplano mexicano), is a large arid-to-semiarid plateau occupying much of northern and central Mexico. Averaging 1,825 m (5,988 ft) above sea level, it extends from the United States border in the north to the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt in the south, and is bounded by the Sierra Madre Occidental and Sierra Madre Oriental to the west and east, respectively.
A low east–west mountain range in the state of Zacatecas divides the plateau into northern and southern sections. These two sections, called the Northern Plateau (Mesa del Norte) and Central Plateau (Mesa Central), are now generally regarded by geographers as sections of one plateau.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mexican Plateau” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.