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martes, 1 de junio de 2010

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Basaseachic Falls on the Basaseachic River is the second-highest waterfall in Mexico, located in the Parque Nacional Basaseachic at Cañon Basaseachic in the Copper Canyon region of northwest Mexico, near Creel, Chihuahua. They are 246 meters (807 ft) tall, second in Mexico only to the Cascada de Piedra Volada (Flying Stone Fall).
Basaseachic Falls is located in the high mountains of the
Sierra Madre Occidental, in the Municipality of Ocampo, 3 km. (1.86 miles) from Basaseachi community and about 265 km. (165 miles) west of Chihuahua, it is linked via Federal Highway 16 and its surroundings make up the Parque Nacional Cascada de Basaseachic (Basaseachi Fall National Park).
The fall is made by two streams, Arroyo del Durazno (Durazno stream) and Arroyo de Basaseachic (Basaseachic Stream), which merge in the high mountain and then fall down the canyon. Past the fall, the stream is called
Río Candameña (Candamena River), as well as the canyon it flows through, the Candamena River contributes to the formation of Río Mayo (Mayo River).
The Fall's surroundings are known for their beauty, such as rock formations and pine woods.
Basaseachic was deemed for a certain time period as the tallest fall in México, until the discovery in September, 1994 of the Cascada de
Piedra Volada. However, Piedra Volada flows only during the rainy season, while Basaseachic is permanent.

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