{{Short description, Endorheic basin in Mexico Llanos el Salado is a large endorheic basin of central

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. It is located on the Mexican Plateau, and covers portions of several Mexican states, including eastern and northeastern Zacatecas, Northern

San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of San Luis Potosí ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de San Luis Potosí), is one of the 32 states which compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and i ...

, western

Tamaulipas Tamaulipas (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas), is a state in the northeast region of Mexico; one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entiti ...

, southwestern

Nuevo León Nuevo León () is a state in the northeast region of Mexico. The state was named after the New Kingdom of León, an administrative territory from the Viceroyalty of New Spain, itself was named after the historic Spanish Kingdom of León. With a ...

, and southeastern

Coahuila Coahuila (), formally Coahuila de Zaragoza (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza), is one of the 32 states of Mexico. Coahuila borders the Mexican states of N ...

. El Salado blends into the

Bolsón de Mapimí The Bolsón de Mapimí is an endorheic, or internal drainage, basin in which no rivers or streams drain to the sea, but rather toward the center of the basin, often terminating in Swamp, swamps and Ephemeral lake, ephemeral lakes. It is located in ...

, another endorheic basin, on the north. The basin has an arid climate and is covered by deserts and xeric shrublands. Mexico's

National Institute of Statistics and Geography The National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI by its name in es, Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática) is an autonomous agency of the Mexican Government dedicated to coordinate the National System of Stat ...

(INEGI) divides the Llanos el Salado region into several basins: * Fresnillo-Yesca * Matehuala * Presa San José-Los Pilares y Otras * San Pablo y Otras * Sierra Madre * Sierra Madre Oriental * Sierra de Rodriguez

References

* Olson, D., Dinerstein, E., Canevari, P., Davidson, I., Castro, G., Morisset, V., Abell, R., and Toledo, E.; eds. (1998). ''Freshwater biodiversity of Latin America and the Caribbean: A conservation assessment.'' Biodiversity Support Program, Washington DC. Drainage basins of Mexico Endorheic basins of North America Mexican Plateau Ecoregions of Mexico Freshwater ecoregions Landforms of Coahuila Landforms of Nuevo León Landforms of San Luis Potosí Landforms of Tamaulipas Landforms of Zacatecas Natural history of the Mexican Plateau Nearctic ecoregions