Sierra Madre

Sierra Madre

Sierra Madre (Spanish for "the mother of all saws") may refer to one of several mountain ranges:

*In Mexico:
**Sierra Madre Occidental, a mountain range in northwestern Mexico and southern Arizona
**Sierra Madre Oriental, a mountain range in northeastern Mexico
**Sierra Madre de Oaxaca, a mountain range in south-central Mexico
**Sierra Madre del Sur, a mountain range in southern Mexico
**Sierra Madre de Chiapas, a mountain range which extends from southeastern Mexico
*In Central America:
**Sierra Madre de Chiapas, the continuation of this mountain range crossing southern Guatemala, northern El Salvador, and western Honduras
*In the Philippines:
**Sierra Madre (Philippines), a mountain range on Luzon island
*In the United States:
**Sierra Madre Mountains (California), a mountain range in the state of California
**Sierra Madre, California, a town in Los Angeles County located at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains
**Sierra Madre range (Wyoming), a mountain range overlapping the Medicine Bow National Forest in Wyoming

Entertainment

* "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre", a 1927 novel
* "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (film), 1948 film made from the novel


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  • Sierra Madre — (span. „Mutter der Gebirge“) ist der Name folgender geographischer Objekte: Sierra Madre (Kalifornien), eine Stadt in Kalifornien, USA Sierra Madre Mountains, eine Bergkette im Süden Kaliforniens, USA Sierra Madre (Wyoming), eine Bergkette in… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Sierra Madre — puede referirse a las siguientes cadenas montañosas y a una ciudad: Sierra Madre en México En México: Sierra Madre Oriental Sierra Madre Occidental Sierra Madre del Sur Sierra Madre de Chiapas Sierra Madre de Oaxaca En Filipinas …   Wikipedia Español

  • Sierra Madre — Sierra Madre, CA U.S. city in California Population (2000): 10578 Housing Units (2000): 4923 Land area (2000): 3.002680 sq. miles (7.776905 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.005330 sq. miles (0.013805 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.008010 sq. miles… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Sierra Madre, CA — U.S. city in California Population (2000): 10578 Housing Units (2000): 4923 Land area (2000): 3.002680 sq. miles (7.776905 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.005330 sq. miles (0.013805 sq. km) Total area (2000): 3.008010 sq. miles (7.790710 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Sierra Madre — Sierra Ma|dre the Sierra Madre a group of mountain ↑ranges in Mexico …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Sierra Madre — (izg. siȇra mȃdre) m DEFINICIJA geogr. gorje u Meksiku, sastoji se od A. M. Oriental (3664 m) i S. M. Occidental (3150 m) …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • Sierra Madre — Sierra Madre, S. Morēna, S. Revada, S. Pirochera u. S. Reynosa, s.u. Serra …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Sierra Madre — Sierra Madre, Gesamtname der Hauptgebirge in Mexiko, die das innere Tafelland umranden und als S. M. Oriental (östliche S.), S. M. Occidental (westliche S.) und S. M. del Sur (südliche S.) unterschieden werden, übrigens aber in zahlreiche… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Sierra Madre — Sĭerra Madre, Gebirge zwischen den mexik. Staaten Sinaloa, Sonora und dem Hochland von Chihuahua …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Sierra Madre — Sierra Madre, Gebirge im mexik. Staate Queretaro …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

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