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Mexico is defined by its great highland central plateau. This is flanked by the Sierra Madre Oriental and Sierra Madre Occidental mountain ranges that run from north to south.
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Chapultepec, the principal park of Mexico City. Established in 1592, it is one of the oldest parks in North America. See more »
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Chapultepec
Chapultepec, the principal park of Mexico City. Established in 1592, it is one of the oldest parks in North America.
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Chichén-Itzà, a Mayan city, now in ruins, in the state of Yucatàn, Mexico. The site is about 70 miles (113 km) east of the city of Mérida.
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Cozumel, Mexico, an island in the Caribbean Sea about 10 miles (16 km) off the northeastern coast of the Yucatán Peninsula.
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Tehuantepec, Isthmus of, a tropical lowland in southern Mexico. It is the narrowest stretch of land between the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.
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Iztaccíhuatl, or Ixtacíhuatl, a dormant volcano in Mexico, 35 miles (56 km) east-southeast of Mexico City.
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Lower California (Spanish: Baja California, bä'hä), a peninsula of Mexico lying between the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of California.
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Orizaba, the highest mountain peak in Mexico. It is in the Sierra Madre Oriental range, about 65 miles (105 km) west of Veracruz The summit of this snowcapped inactive volcano, which last erupted in 1687, is 18,855 feet (5,747 m) above ea level.
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Popocatépetl, a volcano in Mexico, about 40 miles (64 km) southeast of Mexico City.
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, the name of three mountain ranges in Mexico that border the Central Plateau. The Sierra Madre Occidental is in the west, the Sierra Madre Oriental in the east, and the Sierra Madre del Sur in the south.
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Yucatán, a peninsula on the eastern coast of Mexico and Central America, between the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.
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