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This is a dramatic landscape of steep mountains cut through with canyons including Copper Canyon, the deepest in North America. The highest point is probably Cerro Mohinora, located at . Different sources cite its altitude as either 3250 m or 3300 m. However, other mountains at and are of very similar altitude and may be higher.

The climate varies considerably between the northern and southern extents of this long mountain range.

Rivers of the mountains include the Río Grande de Santiago, which is Mexico's longest, and the Humaya River in Sinaloa.

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