The
Western Mexico is a region of
United Mexican States formed by the states of
Nayarit,
Jalisco,
Colima, and
Michoacán, and including the
Revillagigedo Islands,
Marías Islands, and several smaller islands. The region extends from the coastal plain of the Pacific Ocean, the
Sierra Madre Occidental, the Volcanic axis, the basin of
Balsas River, the
Sierra Madre del Sur and the southwest of the
Mexican Plateau.