southwest of Uruapan, and
sometimes known as Nuevo San Juan; pine-oak forest.

Copandaro.--Lat. 19 deg. 54', long. 101 deg. 12', elev. 1800 m. A
village on the south edge of the Lago de Cuitzeo lakebed;
mesquite-grassland.

Copuyo (Capuyo or Copullo).--Lat. 18 deg. 28', long. 100 deg. 56',
elev. 1200 m. A small village about 5 kilometers by road
west of Paso Ancho; transition between arid tropical scrub
forest and oak forest.

Cordillera Volcanica.--A mountain range along the southern
edge of the Mexican Plateau, roughly along the nineteenth
parallel, and made up of many volcanos; the range extends
from Volcan de Colima on the west to Cofre de Perote and
Orizaba in Veracruz; several of the volcanos reach
elevations of more than 4000 meters.

Corralito (El).--Lat. 18 deg. 52', long. 102 deg. 38', elev. 270 m.
A small village in the Tepalcatepec Valley, about 30
kilometers southwest of Apatzingan; arid tropical scrub
forest.

Corupu (Corupo).--Lat. 19 deg. 28', long. 102 deg. 19', elev. 2450
m. A village 29 kilometers northwest of Uruapan; pine
forest.

Cuatro Caminos.--Lat. 19 deg. 00', long. 102 deg. 05' elev. 335 m. A
village 4 kilometers south of Nueva Italia; arid tropical
scrub forest.

Cuilala (Playa).--Lat. 18 deg. 10', long. 103 deg. 06', sea level. A
sandy beach on the Pacific Ocean just east of La Higuerita.

Cuitzeo.--Lat. 19 deg. 58', long. 101 deg. 09', 1800 m. A village on
the north shore of the Lago de Cuitzeo lakebed;
mesquite-grassland.

Cuitzeo (Lago de).--A large lakebed on the Mexican Plateau
at an elevation of 1800 m. In dry years there is little
water in the lake, and most of the lakebed is dry; in very
wet years the entire lakebed is flooded. The Rio de Morelia
flows into the lake, which has no outlet; surrounding
vegetation is mesquite-grassland.

Cuseno Station.--Lat. 19 deg. 30', long. 102 deg. 16', elev. 2200 m.
A field station of the American Geological Society
established in 1945 and demolished in 1953; located at the
northern edge of the lava flow at Volcan Paricutin; remnants
of pine forest.

Diezmo (El).--Lat. 18 deg. 26', long. 103 deg. 19', elev. 850 m. A
ranch about 8 kilometers north of Coire; tropical
semi-deciduous forest.

Dos Aguas.--Lat. 18 deg.