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The Sierra de Tamaulipas is about 110 kilometres (68 mi) north to south and 64 kilometres (40 mi) east to west at its widest point in the southern part of the range. The Sierra is located between 23 and 24 north latitude and 98 and 99 west longitude and has an estimated area of 3,339 square kilometres (1,289 sq mi).
The Sierra de Tamaulipas and the Sierra de San Carlos are isolated mountain ranges in eastern Tamaulipas. In terms of hydrology, the Bravo, Purificacion, and Guayalejo Rivers flow into the Gulf of Mexico after crossing the state from the western inland.
English: Sierra de Tamaulipas, Municipality of Aldama, Tamaulipas, Mexico (ca. 23.1150°N, 98.3481°W. 713 m.). Photographed on 21 July 2003 by William L. Farr. This image was originally photographed with film and later scanned from a print.
Today, this region lies within the municipality of Soto la Marina and north of the Sierra de Tamaulipas. Compared to other Huastec ruins in Tamaulipas, such as the Balcon de Montezuma and the Pyramid of Tammapul, El Sabinito was the most urbanized and culturally significant. [2]
The Sierra de San Carlos, (and Sierra de Tamaulipas just beyond the southern limit of this ecoregion) are plutons, igneous rock intrusions of nepheline syenite to gabbroic composition, emplaced during the Mid-Tertiary with a few minor sierras of alkaline basalt flows occurring locally (e.g. in the vicinity of Llera, Tamaulipas).
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That same year, while working in the Sierra de Tamaulipas, Mexico, MacNeish discovered primitive teosinte corncobs in context with human habitations dating back several thousand years. This achievement spurred his lifelong interest in the origins of agriculture and society that would take him throughout Central and South America, eventually to ...