Sierra Madre
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Sierra Madre may refer to one of several mountain ranges:
- In MexicoMexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
:- Sierra Madre OccidentalSierra Madre OccidentalThe Sierra Madre Occidental is a mountain range in western Mexico.-Setting:The range runs north to south, from just south of the Sonora–Arizona border southeast through eastern Sonora, western Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Durango, Zacatecas, Nayarit, Jalisco, Aguascalientes to Guanajuato, where it joins...
, a mountain range in northwestern Mexico and southern Arizona - Sierra Madre OrientalSierra Madre OrientalThe Sierra Madre Oriental is a mountain range in northeastern Mexico.-Setting:Spanning the Sierra Madre Oriental runs from Coahuila south through Nuevo León, southwest Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Querétaro, and Hidalgo to northern Puebla, where it joins with the east-west running Eje Volcánico...
, a mountain range in northeastern Mexico - Sierra Madre de OaxacaSierra Madre de OaxacaThe Sierra Madre de Oaxaca is a mountain range in southern Mexico. It begins at Pico de Orizaba and extends in a southeasterly direction for 300 km until reaching the Isthmus of Tehuantepec...
, a mountain range in south-central Mexico - Sierra Madre del SurSierra Madre del SurThe Sierra Madre del Sur is a mountain range in southern Mexico, extending from southern Michoacán east through Guerrero, to the Istmo de Tehuantepec in eastern Oaxaca.-Geography:...
, a mountain range in southern Mexico - Sierra Madre de ChiapasSierra Madre de ChiapasSierra Madre is a mountain range which runs northwest-southeast from the state of Chiapas in Mexico across Guatemala and into El Salvador and Honduras. Most of the volcanoes of Guatemala are a part of this range.A narrow coastal plain lies south the range, between the Sierra Madre and the Pacific...
, a mountain range which extends from southeastern Mexico
- Sierra Madre Occidental
- In Central AmericaCentral AmericaCentral America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent...
:- Sierra Madre de ChiapasSierra Madre de ChiapasSierra Madre is a mountain range which runs northwest-southeast from the state of Chiapas in Mexico across Guatemala and into El Salvador and Honduras. Most of the volcanoes of Guatemala are a part of this range.A narrow coastal plain lies south the range, between the Sierra Madre and the Pacific...
, the continuation of this mountain range crossing southern Guatemala, northern El Salvador, and western Honduras
- Sierra Madre de Chiapas
- In the PhilippinesPhilippinesThe Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
:- Sierra Madre (Philippines)Sierra Madre (Philippines)The Sierra Madre is a mountain range in The Philippines. It is located along the north-eastern coast of Luzon Island, running north/south. Quezon National Forest Park is situated in the range.-Geography:...
, a mountain range on Luzon island
- Sierra Madre (Philippines)
- In the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
:- Sierra Madre Mountains (California)Sierra Madre Mountains (California)The Sierra Madre Mountains are a mountain range in northern Santa Barbara County, California, USA. They are a portion of the Inner South Coast Ranges, representing the southernmost part, which are themselves part of the Pacific Coast Ranges of western North America. The Sierra Madre Mountains...
, a mountain range in the state of California - Sierra Madre, CaliforniaSierra Madre, CaliforniaThe city of Sierra Madre is a municipality in Los Angeles County, California whose population was 10,917 at the 2010 census, up from 10,580 at the time of the 2000 census. The city is located in the Foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains below the southern edge of the Angeles National Forest. ...
, a town in Los Angeles County located at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains - Sierra Madre Range (Wyoming)Sierra Madre Range (Wyoming)The Sierra Madre Range is located in south-central Wyoming. Geologically, it may be considered an extension of the Park Range or Front Range of Colorado. Its terrain lies within the US Continental Divide. Its western basins drain into the Colorado River and its eastern into the North Platte River...
, a mountain range in the south central portion of the state
- Sierra Madre Mountains (California)
Entertainment
- The Treasure of the Sierra MadreThe Treasure of the Sierra MadreThe Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a 1927 novel by the mysterious German-English bilingual author B. Traven, in which two penurious Americans of the 1920s join with an old-timer, in Mexico, to prospect for gold...
, a 1927 novel - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (film)The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (film)The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a 1948 American film written and directed by John Huston, a feature film adaptation of B. Traven's 1927 novel of the same name, in which two Americans Fred C. Dobbs and Bob Curtin during the 1920s in Mexico join with an old-timer, Howard , to prospect for gold...
, 1948 film made from the novel