Copper Canyon is a system of six distinct canyons in the Sierra Madre Occidental, in the southwestern part of Chihuahua state in northwestern Mexico, covering an area of about 65,000 square kilometers. The canyons were cut by six rivers draining the western side of the Sierra Tarahumara, all of which merge into the Rio Fuerte before emptying into the Gulf of California, and the canyon walls take their name from their copper-green color.
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Copper Canyon (Spanish: Barrancas del Cobre) is a system 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.
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The canyons were formed by six rivers that drain the western side of the Sierra Tarahumara (a part of the Sierra Madre Occidental).
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