Mexico topographic maps
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Mexico City
Mexico > Mexico City > Mexico City
Mexico City is located in the Valley of Mexico, sometimes called the Basin of Mexico. This valley is located in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt in the high plateaus of south-central Mexico. It has a minimum altitude of 2,200 meters (7,200 feet) above sea level and is surrounded by mountains and volcanoes that…
Average elevation: 2,321 m
Parque Clouthier
Mexico > Nuevo León > San Pedro Garza García > San Pedro Garza García
Average elevation: 682 m
Texcaltitlán
As of 2005, the town had a population of 2,361 people and is situated at an altitude of 2,400 meters above sea level. The church in the town of Texcaltitlán is surrounded by black battlements dating from the eighteenth century and wooden baroque-style altarpieces that are in the chapels of the communities of…
Average elevation: 2,493 m
Vista Hermosa
The municipality of Vista Hermosa is located at an elevation between 1,600 and 1,700 metres (5,200–5,600 ft) in the Bajío region in northwestern Michoacán. It borders the Michoacanese municipalities of Tanhuato to the east, Ixtlán to the southeast, Pajacuarán to the southwest, and Briseñas to the west.…
Average elevation: 1,541 m
Monterrey
The city of Monterrey is 540 metres (1,770 ft) above sea level in the northeastern state of Nuevo León. Monterrey translated from Spanish to English is "King Mount" or "King mountain", which refers to the city's topography and the large mountains that surround it. The Santa Catarina River—dry most of the…
Average elevation: 861 m
Santiago de Querétaro
Mexico > Querétaro > Municipio de Querétaro
The municipality has rolling hills, mountain ranges and flatlands. Most of the rolling hills cross the territory from south to north, paralleling the Querétaro-San Luis Potosí highway. Most plains are located in the north, and are of sedimentary soil with some protrusions of volcanic rock. Altitude varies…
Average elevation: 1,966 m
San Francisco Soyaniquilpan
Mexico > State of Mexico > Soyaniquilpan de Juárez
Average elevation: 2,434 m
Calnali
Central Calnali is located at 980 m elevation, and the entire municipality occupies the eastern slope of the Sierra Madre Oriental. The terrain is largely mountainous Veracruz moist forests fragmented by pasture and cropland. The Río Calnali and the Río Tula/Atempa, tributaries of the Río Conzintla and…
Average elevation: 868 m
San Lucas
It has an average altitude of 300 meters above sea level. Its landscape is composed of the Transversal volcanic system, the Balsas depression; Silla, Cruz and Picacho hills; La bolita, Cutzamala, and the Balsas rivers; San Lucas and the Chumbitaro creeks. The climate is tropical, dry steppe, with temperatures…
Average elevation: 459 m
Mérida
The city is located near the center of the Chicxulub Crater. It has a very flat topography and is only 9 metres (30 ft) above sea level. The land outside of Mérida is covered with smaller scrub trees and former henequen fields. Almost no surface water exists, but several cenotes (sinkholes that provide access…
Average elevation: 9 m
Paseo de las Palmas
Mexico > State of Mexico > Huixquilucan > Huixquilucan de Degollado
Average elevation: 2,505 m
Guadalajara
Under the Köppen climate classification, Guadalajara has a humid subtropical climate (Cwa) that is quite close to a tropical climate, featuring dry, warm winters and hot, wet summers. Guadalajara's climate is influenced by its high altitude and the general seasonality of precipitation patterns in western…
Average elevation: 1,543 m
Morelos
The municipality of Morelos is located at an elevation between 2,100 and 2,600 metres (6,900–8,500 ft) in central Zacatecas. It borders the municipalities of Calera to the northwest, Pánuco to the northeast, Vetagrande to the east, and the city of Zacatecas to the south. The municipality covers an area of…
Average elevation: 2,268 m
Ixtlán
It has an average altitude of 1,530 meters above sea level, being on the north of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt and the Lerma-Chapala Depression. There are some elevations including the hills called El Comalito, Divisadero, Gordo, Encinal and Coyote.
Average elevation: 1,603 m
Cuauhtémoc
Mexico > Chihuahua > Cuauhtémoc
Cuauhtémoc has a semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification BSk) moderated by its altitude. Winter days are cool and sunny with a January high of 15.6 °C (60.1 °F), while winter nights are cold with temperatures usually below freezing. The city usually sees 1 or 2 snowfalls per year. Summers are warm…
Average elevation: 2,073 m
