Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 159, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1910 — Physical Formation of Mexico. [ARTICLE]

Physical Formation of Mexico.

Mexico possesses a curious physical formation. Rising rapidly by a succession of terraces from the low, sandy coasts on the east and west, it culminates in a central plateau running in a northwesterly and Southeasterly direction and having an elevation varying from 4,000 to 6,000 feet above the' sea. High above this plateau tower the snow-capped crests ol several volcanoes, most of which are extinct. Ten of them are over 12,000 feet in height, and three look down upon fertile valleys from altitudes oi 17,782, 17,356 and 16,060 feet. These are Popocatepetl, Orizaba and Ixtaccihautl.