ters by road south of El Temazcal; arid
tropical scrub forest.

Tancitaro.--Lat. 19 deg. 20', long. 102 deg. 22', elev. 1850 m. A
small town on the southern slope of Cerro de Tancitaro;
pine-oak forest.

Tancitaro (Cerro de).--Lat. 19 deg. 25', long. 102 deg. 18', elev.
3870 m. at summit. An old volcano in the Cordillera
Volcanica; the southern slope drops into the Tepalcatepec
Valley; the summit is about 30 kilometers west of Uruapan;
pine and oak forest on lower slopes replaced by pine or fir
forest above.

Tangamandapio.--Lat. 19 deg. 56', long. 102 deg. 25', elev. 1700 m.
A small town on the Mexican Plateau between Jiquilpan and
Zamora; mesquite-grassland and irrigated fields.

Tangancicuaro.--Lat. 19 deg. 52', long. 102 deg. 13', elev. 1770 m.
A town 12 kilometers by road southeast of Zamora;
mesquite-grassland and irrigated fields.

Tarascos (Sierra de los).--A name applied to that part of
the Cordillera Volcanica extending eastward from Cerro de
Tancitaro and Sierra Patamba to Patzcuaro.

Tarecuaro.--Lat. 19 deg. 53', long. 102 deg. 29', elev. 1700 m. A
village on the Mexican Plateau, 26 kilometers southwest of
Zamora; mesquite-grassland and pine-oak forest.

Tecatas (Las).--Lat. 18 deg. 36', long. 103 deg. 17', elev. 1950 m.
A ranch located about 10 hours by mule south-southwest of
Coalcoman; oak forest.

Temazcal (El).--Lat. 19 deg. 40', long. 100 deg. 56', elev. 2200 m.
A road junction, 29 kilometers east of Morelia; here the
road to Huetamo leads south from the Mexico City-Morelia
highway; pine forest.

Tepalcatepec.--Lat. 19 deg. 10', long. 102 deg. 50', elev. 570 m. A
village in the upper Tepalcatepec Valley; arid tropical
scrub forest.

Tepalcatepec (Rio).--A large river having its headwaters in
southeastern Jalisco and flowing through a broad valley,
which separates the Cordillera Volcanica from the Sierra de
Coalcoman, to the Rio Balsas.

Ticuiz (El).--Lat. 18 deg. 40', long. 103 deg. 40', elev. 10 m. A
village on the coastal plain about 11 kilometers south of
Coahuayana; arid tropical scrub forest and tropical
semi-deciduous forest.

Tinguidin.--Lat. 19 deg. 45', long. 102 deg. 28', elev. 1800 m. A
small town, 17 kilometers north of Los Reyes; pine-oak
forest.

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