characteristics from Jalisco
this is a pollitical map of jalisco whit municipal divicions,al you see Jalisco its composed by 124 municipalities and the capital of the state ti´s Guadalajara.
the extension of Jalisco it is of 80,137 sq. kilometers and borders whit:
- Nayarit
- Zacatecas
- Aguascalientes
- San Luis Potosi
- Guanajuato
- Michoacan
- Colima
- Pacific Ocean
"In terms of flora and fauna, variety is also the rule: the neo-volcanic sierras are covered with pine and oak forests, and the main species residing within the area include white-tail deer, raccoon, squirrel, fox and mountain lion; the southern Pacific coast is usually lined with coconut palm trees, and inhabited by caiman, peccary, duck, tiger cat and spider monkey; while the Jalisco peaks report abundance of subtropical thicket, pine and oak forests and low jungle, very similar to the plant species found across the Jalisco sierras; and finally the central valleys contain a predominance of licorice, mezquite and agave, and animal species like the weasel, wild boar, coyote and wolf. In the meantime, the soil at the sierras and shallows is usually destined for the agricultural production of corn, wheat, bean and sorghum"(searched in https://www.explorandomexico.com/state/13/Jalisco/geography/)
this explication makes reference a the multiples ecosystem that exist in Jalisco,the fauna variate depending the state,and for a reason every minicipatily has a different climate,some are hot,other cold,wet, rainy,etc.
in also have alot of lakes like:
here is a list for the lakes,rivers and ocean:
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(this list I found in wikipedia)
it help me to ubicate the rivers in Jalisco and know where they started and when it finished,