Cerro Mohinora

Cerro Mohinora

The Cerro Mohinora (or Cerro de Mohinora ) is part of the Sierra Madre Occidental and its approximately 3308 meters above sea level is probably the highest or second highest mountain in northern Mexico. Other mountains in its surroundings ( especially the Cerro Gordo in the state of Durango ) reach similar heights, but these are related surveys have not been conducted or still too inaccurate.

Formation

The Cerro Mohinora is of volcanic origin; its origin lies in the Pleistocene. It consists largely of igneous rocks. The last eruption is likely to return year tens of thousands.

Location

The mountain is located in the wooded southern Chihuahua state on the territory of the Municipalities Guadelupe y Calvo. The limits to the Mexican states of Sinaloa and Durango are only a few miles (air line).

Climate

The climate in the mountains of northern Mexico is quite rainy; am not rare form mist clouds that sometimes make the whole day about the prospect of the mountains or the gorges impossible. The daytime temperatures are cool in the winter, at night too chilly (hotels and accommodation have to be heated ); in summer the climate is rather pleasant and not nearly as hot and humid as in the deeper regions of Mexico.

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