Sierra Madre Occidental Sierra Madre Occidental The Sierra Madre Occidental is a major mountain range system of the North American Cordillera, that runs northwest–southeast through Northwestern and Western Mexico, and along the Gulf of California. The Sierra Madre is part of the American Cordillera, a chain of mountain ranges (cordillera) that consists of an almost continuous sequence of mountain ranges that form the western "backbone" of North America, Central America, South America and Antarctica. The Spanish name "sierra madre" means "mother mountains" and "occidental" means "western" in English, with these being the "Western Mother Mountains". To the east, from the Spanish "oriental" meaning
Zawory Mountains Zawory Mountains The Zawory Mountains with a height from 550 to 715 metres, are a wide and flat mesa in the Northern part of the Stołowe Mountains in the Central Sudetes, in South-Western Poland. Through the Zawory Mountains lies a continental divide of the North Sea and Baltic Sea, and the border with the Czech Republic. The name "Zawory" comes from the Polish word "Zawora" which means a closing. The Zawory Mountain range is located in the Southern part of the Polish border with the Czech Republic. The Zawory Mountain range are forest-covered mountains which are characterised with a flat