Llanos el Salado is a large endorheic basin of central Mexico. It is located on the Mexican Plateau, and covers portions of several Mexican states, including eastern and northeastern Zacatecas, Northern San Luis Potosí, western Tamaulipas, southwestern Nuevo León, and southeastern Coahuila. El Salado blends into the Bolsón de Mapimí, another endorheic basin, on the north. The basin has an arid climate and is covered by deserts and xeric shrublands.

Mexico's National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) divides the Llanos el Salado region into several basins: Fresnillo-Yesca Matehuala Presa San José-Los Pilares y Otras San Pablo y Otras Sierra Madre Sierra Madre Oriental Sierra de Rodriguez

Llanos el Salado

See also

Meseta Central matorral

References

Olson, D., Dinerstein, E., Canevari, P., Davidson, I., Castro, G., Morisset, V., Abell, R., and Toledo, E.; eds. (1998). Freshwater biodiversity of Latin America and the Caribbean: A conservation assessment. Biodiversity Support Program, Washington DC.

Llanos el Salado

Drainage basins of Mexico

Endorheic basins of North America

Mexican Plateau

Ecoregions of Mexico

Freshwater ecoregions

Landforms of Coahuila

Landforms of Nuevo León

Landforms of San Luis Potosí

Landforms of Tamaulipas

Landforms of Zacatecas

Natural history of the Mexican Plateau

Nearctic ecoregions

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