n (Rio).--Lat. 18 deg. 09', long. 102 deg. 55' (mouth). A
small river flowing southward from the Sierra de Coalcoman
to the Pacific Ocean.
Tlalpujahua.--Lat. 19 deg. 48', long. 100 deg. 10', elev. 2600 m. A
mining town in the northeastern part of the state; pine and
fir forest.
Tumbiscatio.--Lat. 18 deg. 32', long. 102 deg. 20', elev. 900 m. A
town in the Sierra de Coalcoman; arid tropical scrub forest.
Tupataro.--Lat. 19 deg. 53', long. 100 deg. 15', elev. 2050 m. A
village in the northeastern corner of the state, 13
kilometers northwest of Tlalpujahua; oak forest.
Tuxpan.--Lat. 19 deg. 35', long. 100 deg. 27', elev. 1850 m. A town
in a basin nearly surrounded by mountains and near the
headwaters of the Rio Tuxpan, 19 kilometers by road
east-southeast of Ciudad Hidalgo; arid mesquite-grassland
and irrigated fields.
Tuxpan (Rio).--A river draining the mountains in the eastern
part of the state and flowing southward into the Rio Balsas.
Tzararacua (Cascada).--Lat. 19 deg. 18', long. 102 deg. 02', 1430 m.
A waterfalls of the Rio Cupatitzio, 10.5 kilometers by road
south of Uruapan; oak forest with scattered pines.
Tzintzuntzan.--Lat. 19 deg. 38', long. 101 deg. 35', elev. 2170 m. A
village at the site of the seat of the ancient Tarascan
empire on the eastern shore of Lago de Patzcuaro; grasslands
and marshes.
Tzitzio.--Lat. 19 deg. 35', long. 100 deg. 55', elev. 1630 m. A
village 16 kilometers by road south of El Temazcal; pine-oak
and arid tropical scrub forest.
Ucareo (Serrania de).--A part of the Cordillera Volcanica,
including Cerro San Andres.
Undameo.--Lat. 19 deg. 34', long. 101 deg. 17', elev. 2000 m. A
village 20 kilometers west-southwest of Morelia;
mesquite-grassland.
Uruapan.--Lat. 19 deg. 25', long. 102 deg. 02', elev. 1630 m. A
large town on the southern slopes of the Cordillera
Volcanica; pine-oak forest.
Zacapu.--Lat. 19 deg. 48', long. 101 deg. 47', elev. 2000 m. A town
on the Mexican Plateau; mesquite-grassland.
Zamora.--Lat. 19 deg. 59', long. 102 deg. 17', elev. 1570 m. A large
town on the Mexican Plateau; mesquite-grassland.
Zicuiran.--Lat. 18 deg. 53', long. 101 deg. 55', elev. 190 m. A
small village 23 kilometers east-southeast of Cuatro
Caminos; arid tropical
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