Hidalgo

Metztitlan Canyon

Floor1,277 m4,190 ft

Depth: 583 m
Rim: 1,860 m
Length: 25.2 km
Tonight: 12°CCloudy · Wind 11 km/h NE

Metztitlan Canyon is up to 583 m deep: the rim reaches 1,860 m and the floor 1,277 m, along 25.2 km.

All facts

Floor: 1,277 m

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Depth

Depth of Metztitlan Canyon

Up to 583 m deep (typically 343 m) along the 25.2 km in view.

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km. Centreline follows the river (no mapped valley line).

3D map

Metztitlan Canyon 3D map

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Surface

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Topographic map

Metztitlan Canyon terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Metztitlan Canyon elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Metztitlan Canyon weather

Today · Fair · 12 / 16°C (54 / 61°F) · Wind 11 km/h NE

Metztitlan Canyon forecast for about 1,860 m.

Today12°16°–11 km/h NE
Sat12°20°–17 km/h NE
Sun12°20°0.1 mm16 km/h NE
Mon12°19°–6 km/h N
Tue14°21°0.9 mm7 km/h N
Wed15°21°6.8 mm6 km/h NE
Thu12°21°0.5 mm9 km/h NE
Fri13°21°1.0 mm8 km/h NE
Sat12°23°0.1 mm7 km/h NE
Sun12°23°0.2 mm6 km/h NE

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 17.3 × 17.3 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 60% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

59.8%

Moderate, 15–30°

29.0%

Steep, 30–45°

10.4%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.9%

Steeper than 30°: 11.3% of the 299 km² view
Relief in view: 1,097 m low point 1,274 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Shrubland 71.8%Trees 10.5%Cropland 8.3%Grassland 7.6%Built-up 1.1%Bare rock / sparse 0.7%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 8.6 km; 543 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Gulf Coast Toad87
Candy Barrel Cactus68
Old man cactus55
Small-eared Tree Frog37
Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake36
Isolatocereus dumortieri36

Where it sits

Where Metztitlan Canyon sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

MalinchePeak · 4,420 m154 km SSE

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JPGMetztitlan Canyon satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-01-05.

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-01-05)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · Wikipedia