The Physical Geographic Regionalization of Michoacan de Ocampo

Abstract

The present paper presents the Map of the lower units of the Physical Geographic Regionalization (RFG) for Michoacán. It is based on the method of units distinction of the regionalization, based on the map of the regional typology of the landscapes, by means of the association of landscapes of this typology in each taxonomic level of the RFG. It starts from the differentiation of the physical-geographic Provinces of the territory as a higher taxonomic unit and subsequently establishes the lower units of the taxonomy to its interior. For Michoacán, 2 Provinces, 7 Sub-provinces, 17 Districts and 36 physical-geographic Regions were distinguished on an area of ​​58,296.11 km2, at a scale of 1: 500,000. The delimitation of these spatial units is useful in several areas, particularly in management and land planning, since they are constituted by hierarchical levels of nested units by means of a taxonomy allowing the coverage of different scales.