The Bolsón de Mapimí is an endorheic, or internal drainage, basin in which no rivers or streams drain to the sea, but rather toward the center of the basin, often terminating in swamps and ephemeral l

The Central Mexican Plateau, also known as the Mexican Altiplano, is a large arid-to-semiarid plateau occupying much of northern and central Mexico. Averaging 1,825 m above sea level, it extends from