Chiapas Highlands
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The Chiapas Highlands, also known as the Central Highlands of Chiapas or Chiapas Plateau, is a geographic, sociocultural and administrative region located in Chiapas, the southernmost state of Mexico.
Chiapas Highlands above San Cristóbal de las Casas
Sierra Madre de Chiapas
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The Sierra Madre is a major mountain range in Central America. It is known as the Sierra Madre de Chiapas in Mexico. It crosses Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. The Sierra Madre is part of
Chiapas Highlands
…karst landscape with many sinkholes, sinkhole lakes, caverns, and underground drainage. The Chiapas Depression separates the Central Highlands from the Sierra Madre de Chiapas, which runs east and west through the southern part of Chiapas and extending west into Oaxaca and eastwards into Guatemala and El Salvador. The Sierra…
Sierra Madre de Chiapas in distance, near Quetzaltenango in Guatemala. The mountain at left is the Volcán Siete Orejas (left) and Volcán Tajumulco (center).