Tarascos (Sierra de los).--A name applied to that part of the Cordillera Volcánica extending eastward from Cerro de Tancítaro and Sierra Patamba to Pátzcuaro. Tarécuaro.--Lat. 19° 53', long. 102° 29', elev. 1700 m. A village on the Mexican Plateau, 26 kilometers southwest of Zamora; mesquite-grassland and pine-oak forest. Tecatas (Las).--Lat. 18° 36', long. 103° 17', elev. 1950 m. A ranch located about 10 hours by mule south-southwest of Coalcomán; oak forest. Temazcal (El).--Lat. 19° 40', long. 100° 56', elev. 2200 m. A road junction, 29 kilometers east of Morelia; here the road to Huetamo leads south from the Mexico City-Morelia highway; pine forest. Tepalcatepec.--Lat. 19° 10', long. 102° 50', elev. 570 m. A village in the upper Tepalcatepec Valley; arid tropical scrub forest. Tepalcatepec (Río).--A large river having its headwaters in southeastern Jalisco and flowing through a broad valley, which separates the Cordillera Volcánica from the Sierra de Coalcomán, to the Río Balsas. Ticuiz (El).--Lat. 18° 40', long. 103° 40', elev. 10 m. A village on the coastal plain about 11 kilometers south of Coahuayana; arid tropical scrub forest and tropical semi-deciduous forest. Tinguidín.--Lat. 19° 45', long. 102° 28', elev. 1800 m. A small town, 17 kilometers north of Los Reyes; pine-oak forest. Tizupan (Río).--Lat. 18° 09', long. 102° 55' (mouth). A small river flowing southward from the Sierra de Coalcomán to the Pacific Ocean. Tlalpujahua.--Lat. 19° 48', long. 100° 10', elev. 2600 m. A mining town in the northeastern part of the state; pine and fir forest. Tumbiscatio.--Lat. 18° 32', long. 102° 20', elev. 900 m. A town in the Sierra de Coalcomán; arid tropical scrub forest. Tupátaro.--Lat. 19° 53', long. 100° 15', elev. 2050 m. A village in the northeastern corner of the state, 13 kilometers northwest of Tlalpujahua; oak forest. Tuxpan.--Lat. 19° 35', long. 100° 27', elev. 1850 m. A town in a basin nearly surrounded by mountains and near the headwaters of the Río Tuxpan, 19 kilometers by road east-southeast of Ciudad Hidalgo; arid mesquite-grassland and irrigated fields. Tuxpan (Río).--A river draining the mountains in the eastern part of the state and flowing southward into the Río Balsas. Tzararacua (Cascada).--Lat. 19° 18', long. 102° 02', 1430 m. A waterfalls of the Río Cupatitzio, 10.5 kilometers by road south of Uruapan; oak forest with scattered pines. Tzintzuntzan.--Lat. 19° 38', long. 101° 35', elev. 2170 m. A village at the site of the seat of the ancient Tarascan empire on the eastern shore of Lago de Pátzcuaro; grasslands and marshes.