Sierra Madre de Chiapas

A mountain range extending through southern Mexico into Guatemala, with volcanic peaks and highlands that form part of Central America's Pacific-side mountain system.

Central American Volcanic Arc: A chain of volcanoes extending along the Pacific margin of Central America. Its volcanic belt runs through the range, shaping its high peaks and active landscapes.
Cocos Plate: An oceanic tectonic plate beneath the eastern Pacific that descends beneath Central America. Its descent beneath the region drives much of the range's volcanism.
Coffee production in Chiapas: The cultivation and processing of coffee in the Mexican state of Chiapas. Mountain slopes and elevation create conditions for highland coffee cultivation.
Volcán Tacaná Biosphere Reserve: A protected area around Tacaná Volcano on the Mexico–Guatemala border. It protects high-elevation ecosystems around the range's tallest peak.
Chiapas: A state in southeastern Mexico bordering Guatemala and the Pacific Ocean. The range crosses Chiapas, whose southern geography it dominates.
Middle America Trench: A deep ocean trench marking the subduction boundary along the Pacific side of Central America. The trench marks where the Cocos Plate begins descending beneath the continent.
El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve: A protected area in Chiapas preserving cloud forests and other ecosystems of the Sierra Madre de Chiapas. It safeguards a major stretch of the range's cloud-forest habitats.
El Chichón: An active volcano in Chiapas known for its major 1982 eruption. Its eruption demonstrates the volcanic hazards present in the broader Chiapas highlands.
Sierra Madre de Guatemala: A mountain system in Guatemala that includes much of the country's Pacific-facing volcanic highlands. This Guatemalan mountain system continues the range's highland and volcanic setting southward.
Subduction: The process in which one tectonic plate moves beneath another into Earth's mantle. Subduction generates magma that feeds volcanoes along the range.

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