. History of Mexico; her civil wars, and colonial and revolutionary annals; . JO. INTRODUCTION. 15 the level of the adjacent seas; and from their surfacespring volcanic peaks which piercing the clouds, arecovered with perpetual snow; the height of theirsummits varying from 13,400 to 17,500 feet. TheMexican Cordillera, passing in a northerly direction,takes the name of Sierra Madre, and beyond Guana-juato divides into three great chains which traversethe country in different directions. The centralbranch runs through the departments of Zacatecas,Durango, Chihuahua, and New Mexico, where it join
. History of Mexico; her civil wars, and colonial and revolutionary annals; . JO. INTRODUCTION. 15 the level of the adjacent seas; and from their surfacespring volcanic peaks which piercing the clouds, arecovered with perpetual snow; the height of theirsummits varying from 13,400 to 17,500 feet. TheMexican Cordillera, passing in a northerly direction,takes the name of Sierra Madre, and beyond Guana-juato divides into three great chains which traversethe country in different directions. The centralbranch runs through the departments of Zacatecas,Durango, Chihuahua, and New Mexico, where it joinsthe southern extremity of the Rocky Mountains. Inthis chain rise the head waters of the Rio Grandewhich flows into the Mexican gulf, and those of theRio Gila, which empty into the Sea of Cortes. Thewestern arm of the Sierra Madre, advancing towardthe north-west, passes through Guadalaxara, Sonora,and Sinaloa, and forms the eastern barrier of UpperCalifornia. The eastern chain, traversing San LuisPotosi and New Leon, disappears in the hills of Coa-huila. These mountains are co
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