Sierra Madre
Mexico's mother range
Sierra Madre is Spanish for "mother mountain range," applied to several major mountain systems in the Americas.
The Sierra Madre Occidental and Sierra Madre Oriental frame Mexico's central plateau.
The Sierra Madre in California and Guatemala bear the same name.
In American culture, *The Treasure of the Sierra Madre* (1948) made the phrase evocative of gold prospecting and moral corruption.
Series of connected peaks
- peaksHighest points attained
- ridgesNarrow elevated formations
- elevationHeight above reference point
- canyonsDeep, narrow valleys
escarpment · plateau · foothills · summit · highland · rugged · remote · impassable
Lava-emitting geological formations
- ChiapasSoutheastern Mexican state
- OaxacaMexican state and city
- JaliscoWestern Mexican state
- cloud forestMist-immersed mountain ecosystem
Nahuatl · Zapotec · silver mining · Durango · Sonora · Sinaloa · narcotrafficking
Los Angeles suburb
- ArcadiaGreek region or paradise
- MonroviaLiberian seat of government
- Los Angeles CountySouthern California administrative region
- foothillsLow elevations below mountains
Southern California · Altadena · chaparral · wildfire · suburban · freeway · smog · watershed
Range of life forms
- endemic speciesLife found nowhere else
- cloud forestMist-immersed mountain ecosystem
- wildlife corridorStrip connecting fragmented habitats
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
deforestation · watershed · flora · fauna · montane · ecotourism · habitat · threatened species
- gold prospectingSearching for native ore
- banditsArmed robbers, often roving
- greedExcessive desire for wealth
- classic cinemaEnduring films from earlier eras
John Huston · Academy Award · 1948 · paranoia
Geological mountain formation
- tectonicsStudy of crustal deformation
- volcanicOf fiery mountain origin
- fault linesFractures between rock masses
- seismicRelating to ground tremors
erosion · sedimentary · igneous · metamorphic · uplift · subduction · mineralization · silver deposits
mountain range
Series of connected peaks
canyons · escarpment · plateau · foothills · summit · highland · rugged · remote · impassable · continental divide
volcanoes
Lava-emitting geological formations
cloud forest · Nahuatl · Zapotec · silver mining · Durango · Sonora · Sinaloa · narcotrafficking
Pasadena
Los Angeles suburb
- ArcadiaGreek region or paradise
- MonroviaLiberian seat of government
- Los Angeles CountySouthern California administrative region
foothills · Southern California · Altadena · chaparral · wildfire · suburban · freeway · smog · watershed · Rose Bowl
biodiversity
Range of life forms
- endemic speciesLife found nowhere else
- cloud forestMist-immersed mountain ecosystem
- wildlife corridorStrip connecting fragmented habitats
conservation · deforestation · watershed · flora · fauna · montane · ecotourism · habitat · threatened species · reforestation
Humphrey Bogart
- gold prospectingSearching for native ore
- banditsArmed robbers, often roving
- greedExcessive desire for wealth
John Huston · classic cinema · Academy Award · 1948 · paranoia
orogeny
Geological mountain formation
- tectonicsStudy of crustal deformation
- volcanicOf fiery mountain origin
- fault linesFractures between rock masses
seismic · erosion · sedimentary · igneous · metamorphic · uplift · subduction · mineralization · silver deposits · copper
Sierra MadreGulf of Mexico
Partially enclosed Atlantic basin
Yucatán Peninsula · Rio Grande Valley · sea level · ocean trench