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Copper Canyon

The 2103rd highest mountain range in the world

1,023m

Copper Canyon (Barrancas del Cobre) is a group of six distinct canyons in the Sierra Madre Occidental in the southwestern part of the state of Chihuahua in northwestern Mexico that is 65,000 square kilometres (25, 000 sq mi) in size. The canyons were formed by six rivers that drain the western side of the Sierra Tarahumara (a part of the Sierra Madre Occidental). All six rivers merge into the Rio Fuerte and empty into the Gulf of California. The walls of the canyon are a copper/green color, which is the origin of the name.

Location: Mexico.

Mountain range data from Wikidata (CC0). Elevation is the height of the highest peak.

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