Copper Canyon

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Copper Canyon
Copper Canyon
Copper Canyon Sierra Madre Occidental Show map of Mexico Copper Canyon Copper Canyon (Chihuahua) Show map of Chihuahua
Naming
Native name	Barrancas del Cobre (Spanish)
Geography
Country	Mexico
State	Chihuahua
Coordinates	27°30′58″N 107°45′57″W / 27.51611°N 107.76583°W / 27.51611; -107.76583

Copper Canyon (Spanish: Barrancas del Cobre) is a group of six distinct canyons in the Sierra Madre Occidental in the southwestern part of the state of Chihuahua in northwestern Mexico that is 65,000 square kilometres (25,000 sq mi) in size. The canyons were formed by six rivers that drain the western side of the Sierra Tarahumara (a part of the Sierra Madre Occidental). All six rivers merge into the Rio Fuerte and empty into the Gulf of California. The walls of the canyon^[1] are a copper/green color, which is the origin of the name.