Piedra Volada Falls (
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: ''Cascada de Piedra Volada'') is a 453-meter (1485 foot) tall
plunge rainy season waterfall in the
Barranca Candameña of the
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 C ...
range in
Chihuahua, Mexico.
The English translation of ''Piedra Volada'' is "Flying Rock" or "Flying Stone".
Geography
The falls are located in Cañon Candameña, a canyon of the
Copper Canyon
Copper Canyon (Spanish: Barrancas del Cobre) is a group of six distinct canyons in the Sierra Madre Occidental in the southwestern part of the state of Chihuahua in northwestern Mexico that is in size. The canyons were formed by six rivers th ...
''(Barranca del Cobre)'' region, within the
Ocampo Municipality of the State of
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. The head of the canyon is home to
Cascada Basaseachi, Mexico's third highest waterfall at 243 meters (800 feet). Piedra Volada is located on the left wall of the canyon 7 km downstream of the head of the canyon.
[See INEGI Instituto Nacionales de Estadistancia, Geografia e Informatica map H12D89 San Isidor Huahumar 1:50,000.]
Piedra Volada Falls are known to flow only during the wet season. The falls may be viewed from a moderate distance from the brink of the canyon near Huahumar. A hiking trail to the pouroff is accessed through private land near the Ejido San Lorenzo, currently an impromptu National Park administered through the
National Commission of Protected Natural Areas
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(CONANP) with admission charge of $62MN.
See also
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References
Piedra Volada
Plunge waterfalls
Landforms of Chihuahua (state)
Landforms of the Sierra Madre Occidental
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