Barranca del Cobre
| Barranca del Cobre | ||
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 View over the copper gorge |
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| location | Chihuahua (Mexico) | |
| Geographical location | 27 ° 30 '58 " N , 107 ° 45' 57" W | |
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The Barranca del Cobre (dt. "Copper Canyon", Eng. Copper Canyon ) is a in the Mexican state of Chihuahua located mountain range of the Sierra Madre Occidental , which was created by former strong river and partly on one of Tarahumara is -Indianern populated area. The canyon system, covering around 25,000 km², up to 1800 m deep and 50 km long, is one of the largest in North America and four times the size of the Grand Canyon . The name Kupferschlucht derives from the copper-colored canyon rock , piedra cobriza, from and at the same time designates a canyon contained in the system .
The six deepest canyons in the Barranca del Cobre are:
- Barranca de Urique / Urique Canyon (1870 m)
- Barranca de Sinforosa / Sinforosa Canyon (1799 m)
- Barranca de Batopilas / Batopilas Canyon (1799 m)
- Barranca del Cobre / Copper Canyon (1759 m)
- Barranca de Tararecua / Tararecua Canyon (1425 m)
- Barranca de Oteros / Oteros Canyon (983 m)
The Barranca del Cobre is part of the traditional habitat of the indigenous people of the Tarahumara (also Rarámuri ). The elaborately built “ Chepe ” railway , which leads from Los Mochis to Chihuahua , winds its way through the entire Barranca del Cobre , up the mountains to places from which one can cast far-reaching views of the gorge area. The places Creel and Guachochi are good starting points to reach the various gorges.
source
- Facts and tourist information (English).
- Lonely Planet entry (Engl.)