Geography

Zacatecas is located in the great central plateau of Mexico, with an average elevation of about 7,700 feet. The state is somewhat mountainous, being traversed in the west by lateral ranges of the Sierra Madre Occidental , and by numerous isolated ranges in other parts – Mazapil, Norillos, Guadalupe and others. There are no large rivers, only the small head-streams of the Aguanaval in the north, and of the Guazamota, Bolanos and Juchipila in the west, the last three being tributaries of the Rio Grande de Santiago.