Sierra de Chiconquiaco

The Sierra de Chiconquiaco is a coastal mountain range in Veracruz, Eastern Mexico.

On the west, the canyon of the Bobos River, a northward-flowing tributary of the Nautla, separates the Sierra from the eastern end of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt.

The Misantla and Colipa rivers originate in the range, and flow northeastwards to empty into the Gulf of Mexico.

The Sierra intercepts moisture-bearing winds from the Gulf of Mexico, and northern and eastern slopes are generally wetter.

The drier Veracruz dry forests lie in the lowlands to the south, in the rain shadow of the Sierra.