Sierra de Ajusco-Chichinauhtzin

{{short description|Mountain range located between Mexico City and the states of Morelos and Mexico}}

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| photo_caption = View of the summits of Ajusco

| etymology =Spanish for mountain range

| nickname =Serranía del Ajusco or Sierra de Chichinauhtzin

| country = Mexico

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| subdivision1 = {{enum|Morelos|Mexico City}}

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| age = Quaternary period

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The Sierra del Ajusco-Chichinauhtzin, (Ajusco-Chichinautzin Mountain Range) also known as Serranía del Ajusco or Sierra de Chichinauhtzin, is a Mexican mountain range located between Mexico City and the states of Morelos and Mexico. It makes up the southern part of the mountain necklace that surrounds Mexico City.{{Cite web|url=https://mxcity.mx/2015/05/estas-son-las-montanas-y-volcanes-que-rodean-la-ciudad-de-mexico/|title=Estas son las montañas y volcanes que rodean la Ciudad de México|date=2015-05-30|website=MXCity Guía de la Ciudad de México|language=es|access-date=2019-10-07 |author=Javier Barros del Villar}}{{cite peakbagger |pid=8027 |name=Cerro Ajusco, Mexico}} It is made up of more than one hundred volcanic cones,{{cite journal |title=Actualización estadístico espacial como fuente de un ordenamiento territorial en la región sur de la ciudad de México, en las delegaciones Cuajimalpa de Morelos, Álvaro Obregón, Milpa Alta, Tlalpan y Xochimilco |url=http://centro.paot.org.mx/documentos/paot/estudios/EOT-11-2010.pdf |publisher=Procuraduría Ambiental y del Ordenamiento Territorial |page=10 |language=es |volume=EOT-11-2010 |year=2010 |quote=Comprende más de un centenar de conos cineríticos y extravasación de derrames de lavas.}} among which are: Tláloc ({{convert|3690|m}} MAMSL), Chichinauhtzin ({{convert|3430|m}}, Xitle ({{convert|3100|m}}, Cerro Pelado ({{convert|3600|m}} and Cuauhtzin ({{convert|3510|m}}. Its maximum height is at the Cruz del Marqués peak on the Ajusco volcano ({{convert|3937|m}}).{{cite web | url = https://www.chilango.com/ciudad/5-volcanes-en-el-df | title = 5 volcanes en el D.F. | work = Chilango | author = Aldebarán Rodríguez | date = 2011-06-15}}

Background

The range includes parts of the municipalities of Tlalpan, Xochimilco, Tláhuac, Milpa Alta and Magdalena Contreras on the south of Mexico City; the municipalities of Huitzilac, Tepoztlán and Tlalnepantla in Morelos; and the municipalities of Juchitepec and Tepetlixpa, in the State of Mexico. These mountains form the highest point as well as the southern limit of Mexico City, separating the Valley of Mexico from the Cuernavaca Valley and the Tepozteco mountain range.{{cite book |last1=Cervantes Sánchez |first1=Mauricio |title=Geografía 2 de Mexico |date=2001 |publisher=Editorial Progreso |language=es |page=32 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j3n4dccEalsC&q=Sierra+del+Ajusco-Chichinautzin&pg=PP32 |accessdate=2019-10-10|isbn=9789706413567 }}

The range emerged during the Quaternary period, with intense volcanic activity that closed the lacustrine basin of Mexico, depriving it of its only natural drainage towards the Balsas river basin. Ajusco is part of the geological subprovince of the lakes and volcanoes of the Anahuac, located within the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt.{{cite book| title = Guía de Viaje del Distrito Federal (DF) | last = Jimenez Gonzalez| first = Victor Manuel | publisher = Solaris Comunicación | year = 2014 | page = 39 |language = es | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=3SzYBAAAQBAJ&q=Sierra+del+Ajusco-Chichinautzin&pg=PA39 | trans-title = Federal District Travel Guide (DF)}}

Environment

The range is home to the Cumbres del Ajusco National Park, and the area is part of the Ajusco Chichinautzin Biological Corridor.{{cite web| url = https://www.mexicodesconocido.com.mx/parque-nacional-lagunas-de-zempoala-estado-de-mexico-y-morelos.html | title = Parque Nacional Lagunas de Zempoala (Estado de México y Morelos)| date = 2010-07-06}}{{cite web |publisher = Greenpeace |title=El Gran Bosque de Agua |url= http://www.greenpeace.org/mexico/es/Campanas/Bosques/Geografia-de-la-deforestacion/El-Gran-Bosque-de-Agua |work= Greenpeace México| accessdate=2017-08-24 |language = es | trans-title = The Great Water Forest}}

The area has diverse habitats and species due to its unique geographic and climatic conditions. There are 315 species of fungi, 10 species of amphibians, 43 species of reptiles, 1,348 species of insects and spiders, 237 of birds (36 exclusive to this region), 5 species of fish, 785 of plants, and 7 types of vegetation in addition to forests of pine, oyamel and oak.{{cite web | title = Corredor Biológico Chichinautzin |url= https://www.gob.mx/semarnat/articulos/corredor-biologico-chichinautzin |website=Gobierno de Mexico | accessdate=2019-10-10}}

References

External links

{{cite web |title=Chichinautzin |url=https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=341080 |website=Global Volcanism Program |publisher=Smithsonian Institution |accessdate=2019-10-10}}
{{cite journal |title=Configuration of the volcano rabbit (Romerolagus diazi) landscape in the Ajusco-Chichinautzin Mountain Range

|journal=Journal of Mammalogy | volume = 99 | issue =1 | date = 2018-02-01 | pages = 263–272 | doi = 10.1093/jmammal/gyx174 | first1 = Juan M | last1 = Uriostegui-Velarde| first2 = Alberto | last2 = González-Romero| first3 = Eduardo | last3 = Pineda | first4 = Rafael | last4 = Reyna-Hurtado| first5 = Areli | last5 = Rizo-Aguilar| first6 = José Antonio | last6 = Guerrero | doi-access = free}}

Sierra de Ajusco-Chichinauhtzin

Background

Environment

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