Cerro Mohinora facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Cerro Mohinora |
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| Highest point | |||||||||||||
| Elevation | 3,300 m (10,800 ft) | ||||||||||||
| Prominence | 873 m (2,864 ft) | ||||||||||||
| Parent peak | Cerro Gordo | ||||||||||||
| Listing | Mountain peaks of Mexico | ||||||||||||
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 Cerro Mohinora
Location in Chihuahua
Cerro Mohinora
Location in Mexico
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| Location | Guadalupe y Calvo Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico | ||||||||||||
| Topo map | Mountain Peak | ||||||||||||
| Geology | |||||||||||||
| Age of rock | Paleogene | ||||||||||||
| Mountain type | Extinct | ||||||||||||
| Volcanic arc/belt | Sierra Madre Occidental | ||||||||||||
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Cerro Mohinora is a tall mountain in Mexico. It's an extinct volcano, which means it won't erupt anymore! This mountain is part of the Sierra Madre Occidental range. You can find it in the state of Chihuahua, in a place called Guadalupe y Calvo.
It's the highest point in Chihuahua, standing super tall at about 3,300 meters (or 10,827 feet) above sea level. The weather there gets very cold in winter. Summers are cooler, not too hot.
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How Cerro Mohinora Formed
Long, long ago, during a time called the Paleogene period, Cerro Mohinora started to form. There was a lot of volcanic activity then. Volcanoes erupted, sending out lava and ash. This helped create the huge Sierra Madre Occidental mountain range.
Later, during the Pleistocene Ice Age, the Earth's crust moved a lot. This movement pushed Cerro Mohinora even higher. That's how it reached its amazing height of over 3,300 meters! The mountain is mostly made of igneous rock. This kind of rock forms when hot lava or magma cools down.
Weather at Cerro Mohinora
The weather at Cerro Mohinora is known as a humid continental climate. This means it has big differences between summer and winter.
Summers are cool, with temperatures usually staying below 25 °C (77 °F). At night, it often gets cooler than 10 °C (50 °F). There are heavy rainstorms from June to October.
Winters are very cold. The highest temperature might only reach 0 °C (32 °F). It can get as cold as -31 °C (-24 °F)! Snowstorms with strong winds are common. The mountain usually gets over 1 meter (about 3 feet) of snow each winter.
Cerro Mohinora Protection Area
The Cerro Mohinora Flora and Fauna Protection Area was created in 2015. This special area helps protect the plants and animals living there. It covers about 91.26 square kilometers. This protected zone includes the mountain peak and stretches out to the north and east.
See also
In Spanish: Cerro Mohinora para niños
