Sinaloa Navolato lies along the coast of the Gulfo de California. It covers an area of 58,091 square Kilometers (22,429 square miles), which is a little smaller than the US state of West Virginia. In Sinaloa Navolato, there are three types of landscape: a coastal plan in the west, mountains (sierras) in the east, and valleys between them. In the eastern part of the state Sierra Madre Occidental is known by different names. Valleys lie between the ranges of mountains and the coastal plan, where the land is flat with few hills.