Sierra de las Cruces

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Sierra de las Cruces is a mountainous range in central Mexico that forms part of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt and serves as a natural boundary near Mexico City.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sierra de las Cruces canonical 22
Sierra de las Cruces (Spanish) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range
volcanic mountain range
climate temperate subhumid
contains ignimbrite deposits
lava flows
volcanic cones
continent North America
country Mexico
drainsTo Lerma River basin
Valley of Mexico endorheic basin
linked to: Valley of Mexico
ecoregion Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt pine–oak forests
formsNaturalBoundaryFor Mexico City metropolitan area
geologicalAge Cenozoic
geologicalOrigin volcanic
hasProtectedAreas local conservation areas
highestPointName Cerro La Catedral
hydrologicalRole watershed divide between Valley of Mexico and Lerma basin
languageRegion Spanish
locatedIn Mexican Plateau
central Mexico
locatedInState Mexico City
State of Mexico
locatedNear Mexico City
locatedOn North American Plate
mountainSystem Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
nameMeaning Range of the Crosses
nearbyCity Huixquilucan
Lerma
Naucalpan
Toluca
orientation east–west
partOf Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
separates Toluca Valley
Valley of Mexico
threat deforestation
forest fires
urban expansion
usedFor forestry
hiking
recreation
vegetationType fir forest
oak forest
pine forest

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Magdalena Contreras locatedOnTerrainFeature Sierra de las Cruces
Valley of Mexico boundedBy Sierra de las Cruces
Cuajimalpa de Morelos locatedInMountainRange Sierra de las Cruces
Río Magdalena hasSourceIn Sierra de las Cruces
Southwest Mexico City near Sierra de las Cruces
subject linked to: southwest Mexico City
Lake Texcoco locatedNear Sierra de las Cruces
Range of the Crosses partOf Sierra de las Cruces
Range of the Crosses hasNameInLanguage Sierra de las Cruces (Spanish)
linked to: Sierra de las Cruces
Range of the Crosses meaningOfName Sierra de las Cruces
Range of the Crosses translationOf Sierra de las Cruces
Parque Nacional Los Dinamos partOf Sierra de las Cruces
Cerro La Catedral locatedIn Sierra de las Cruces
Cerro La Catedral mountainRange Sierra de las Cruces
Cerro La Catedral highestPointOf Sierra de las Cruces
Sierra de Guadalupe hasViewOf Sierra de las Cruces
Monte de las Cruces crosses Sierra de las Cruces
Zinacantepec hasPart Sierra de las Cruces
Cuajimalpa de Morelos highestPoint Sierra de las Cruces
Cuajimalpa de Morelos locatedInOrNextTo Sierra de las Cruces
Desert of the Lions locatedIn Sierra de las Cruces
Desert of the Lions locatedInMountainRange Sierra de las Cruces