l park in the Cordillera Volcanica, located between
Ciudad Hidalgo and Morelia, 32 kilometers by road
west-southwest of Ciudad Hidalgo; mixed pine and fir forest.
Axolotl (Rancho).--Lat. 19 deg. 47', long. 100 deg. 38', elev. 2900
m. A settlement on the western slopes of Cerro San Andres;
pine, oak, and fir forest.
Balsas (Rio).--A large river having its headwaters in
Tlaxcala, Puebla, and northwestern Oaxaca, flowing westward
through an arid valley to the Pacific Ocean, and in its
lower part forming the boundary between Michoacan and
Guerrero.
Barolosa (Cerro de).--Lat. 18 deg. 52', long. 102 deg. 57', elev.
2900-3050 m. Presumably the highest mountain in the Sierra
de Coalcoman and located about 13 hours by mule
east-northeast of Coalcoman; open pine-oak-fir forest and
alder thickets.
Barolosa (Rancho).--Lat. 18 deg. 50', long. 103 deg. 00', elev. 2320
m. A small ranch on the west-northwestern slope of Cerro de
Barolosa, about 11 hours by mule east-northeast of
Coalcoman; open pine-oak forest.
Barranca Seca.--Lat. 19 deg. 32', long. 102 deg. 15', elev. 2100 m.
A small village about 7 kilometers northwest of San Juan de
Parangaricutiro; pine forest.
Bejuco (Barranca de).--Lat. 18 deg. 07', long. 102 deg. 48', elev.
90 m. A barranca in the lower slopes of the Sierra de
Coalcoman just west of the lower reaches of the Rio Nexpa;
tropical semi-deciduous forest.
Buenavista (Tomatlan).--Lat. 19 deg. 17', long. 102 deg. 36', elev.
425 m. A village on the Rio Masiaco in the Tepalcatepec
Valley, 33 kilometers by road west-northwest of Apatzingan;
open arid tropical scrub forest.
Buena Vista.--Lat. 18 deg. 40', long. 102 deg. 09', elev. 600 m. A
ranch on the northeastern slopes of the Sierra de Coalcoman;
arid tropical scrub forest.
Cachan (Rio).--Lat. 18 deg. 14', long. 103 deg. 14'. A river formed
by the affluence of the Rio Coalcoman and the Rio San Jose
and flowing into the Pacific Ocean at a point indicated by
the co-ordinates given above. Sometimes the name is applied
to the lower part of the river as used here; other times the
name is used for the entire length of the Rio Coalcoman.
Camichines.--Lat. 18 deg. 47', long. 103 deg. 05', elev. 1070 m. A
ranch about 5 kilometers east-northeast of Coalco
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