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Sierra Madre (Spanish, 'mother mountain range') may refer to:


Places and mountains


Mexico

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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 ...
, a mountain range in northwestern Mexico and southern Arizona *
Sierra Madre Oriental The Sierra Madre Oriental () is a mountain range in northeastern Mexico. The Sierra Madre Oriental is part of the American Cordillera, a chain of mountain ranges (cordillera) that consists of an almost continuous sequence of mountain ranges that f ...
, a mountain range in northeastern Mexico *
Sierra Madre de Oaxaca The Sierra Madre de Oaxaca is a mountain range in southern Mexico. It is primarily in the state of Oaxaca, and extends north into the states of Puebla and Veracruz. Geography The mountain range begins at Pico de Orizaba, and extends in a southeas ...
, a mountain range in south-central Mexico *
Sierra Madre del Sur The Sierra Madre del Sur is a mountain range in southern Mexico, extending from southern Michoacán east through Guerrero, to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in eastern Oaxaca. Geography The Sierra Madre del Sur joins with the Eje Volcánico Transv ...
, a mountain range in southern Mexico *
Sierra Madre de Chiapas The Sierra Madre de Chiapas is a major mountain range in Central America. It crosses El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico and Honduras. The Sierra Madre de Chiapas is part of the American Cordillera, a chain of mountain ranges that consists of an almos ...
, a mountain range which extends from southeastern Mexico


Central America

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Sierra Madre de Chiapas The Sierra Madre de Chiapas is a major mountain range in Central America. It crosses El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico and Honduras. The Sierra Madre de Chiapas is part of the American Cordillera, a chain of mountain ranges that consists of an almos ...
, the continuation of this mountain range crossing southern Guatemala, northern El Salvador, and western Honduras


Philippines

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Sierra Madre (Philippines) The Sierra Madre is the longest mountain range in the Philippines. Spanning over , it runs from the province of Cagayan down to the province of Quezon, forming a north–south direction on the eastern portion of Luzon, the largest island of the ...
, a mountain range on Luzon island


United States

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Sierra Madre Mountains (California) The Sierra Madre (Spanish for "mother range") is a mountain range primarily in northern Santa Barbara County and extending into northwestern Ventura County in Southern California, western United States. It is a range of the Inner South Coast Ran ...
, a mountain range in the state of California **
Sierra Madre Fault Zone Situated at the boundary to the San Gabriel Valley and San Fernando Valley, the Sierra Madre Fault Zone (also known as the Sierra Madre-Cucamonga Fault) runs along the southern edge of the San Gabriel Mountains for a total of , where the northwes ...
, at the boundary to the San Gabriel Valley and San Fernando Valley **
1991 Sierra Madre earthquake The 1991 Sierra Madre earthquake occurred on June 28 at with a moment magnitude of 5.6 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (''Very strong''). The thrust earthquake resulted in two deaths, around 100 injuries, and damage estimated at $33.5†...
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Sierra Madre, California Sierra Madre (Spanish for "mother range") is a city in Los Angeles County, California, whose population was 10,917 at the 2010 U.S. Census, up from 10,580 at the time of the 2000 U.S. Census. The city is in the foothills of the San Gabriel Vall ...
, a town in Los Angeles County located at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains **
Sierra Madre Boulevard Sierra Madre Boulevard is a long road connecting five suburbs of Pasadena, California; Arcadia, Sierra Madre, Hastings Ranch, East Pasadena, and San Marino. For the most part, it is a winding road divided by a grassy median, but the part betw ...
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Sierra Madre Line The Sierra Madre Line was a Pacific Electric interurban route which ran from the Pacific Electric Building in Los Angeles to Sierra Madre. History The line opened to Pasadena on March 1, 1904. Cars were run through on the Lamanda Park Line ...
, a former railway line *
Sierra Madre Range (Wyoming) The Sierra Madre Range is a mountain range in the western United States, located in south-central Wyoming and north-central Colorado. Geologically, it may be considered an extension of the Park Range of Colorado. South of the Great Divide Basin, t ...
, a mountain range in the south central portion of the state


Other uses

* Sierra Madre sparrow, ''Xenospiza baileyi'', an endangered American bird *
Sierra Madre ground squirrel The Sierra Madre ground squirrel (''Callospermophilus madrensis'') is a species of rodent in the squirrel family. It is endemic to the Sierra Madre Occidental, in northern Mexico. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassl ...
, ''Callospermophilus madrensis'', a species of rodent * Sierra Madre Casino, a fictional location in the '' Fallout: New Vegas'' video game * BRP ''Sierra Madre'' (LT-57), a Philippine navy ship formerly ''USS Harnett County'' (LST-821), deliberately run aground on the Spratly Islands


See also

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Sierra (disambiguation) Sierra (Spanish for "mountain range" and "saw", from Latin '' serra'') may refer to the following: Places Mountains and mountain ranges * Sierra de Juárez, a mountain range in Baja California, Mexico * Sierra de las Nieves, a mountain range i ...
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre ''The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'' (originally titled ''Der Schatz der Sierra Madre'') is a 1927 adventure novel by German author B. Traven, whose identity remains unknown. In the book, two destitute American men in Mexico of the 1920s join a ...
'', a 1927 novel ** ''The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'' (film), 1948 film made from the novel {{disambiguation, geo