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Definition of Sierra madre occidental

1. Noun. A mountain range in northwestern Mexico that runs south from Arizona parallel to the Pacific coastline.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sierra Madre Occidental

Literary usage of Sierra madre occidental

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"The sierra madre occidental is prominent in Mexico's biological diversity ... The sierra madre occidental Morphotectonic Province is the largest of the ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"All these chains arc known locally under diverse names. The sierra madre occidental consists of several parallel ranges in the north, where a broad belt of ..."

3. Dwarf Mistletoes: Biology, Pathology, and Systematics by Frank G. Hawksworth, Delbert Wiens (1998)
"This is the most widely distributed dwarf mistletoe in Mexico, extending from the sierra madre occidental in western Chihuahua south through Durango, ..."

4. Transactions by American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Metallurgical Society of AIME, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME., Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (U.S.). (1902)
"Notes on a Section Across the sierra madre occidental of Chihuahua and Sinaloa, Mexico. BY WALTER HARVEY WEED, WASHINGTON, DC (Mexican Meeting, November, ..."

5. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1904)
"Tlie western range is often distinguished as the sierra madre occidental or Sierra Madre del Pacífico, while the eastern range is called the Sierra Madre ..."

6. The New International Encyclopaedia by Herbert Treadwell Wade (1922)
"The sierra madre occidental, on the Pacific side, is on the whole nearer the ... The most continuous range is the sierra madre occidental, which extends ..."

7. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1902)
"Notes on a Section Across the sierra madre occidental of Chihuahua and Sinaloa, Mexico. BY WALTER HARVEY WEED, WASHINGTON, DC (Mexican Meeting, November, ..."

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