Lake Xochimilco (Spanish pronunciation: [sotʃiˈmilko]; Nahuatl languages: Xōchimīlco, pronounced [ʃoːtʃiˈmiːlko] listen) is an ancient endorheic lake...
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the formerly independent city of Xochimilco, which was established on what was the southern shore of Lake Xochimilco in the precolonial period. Today...
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originally found in several lakes underlying what is now Mexico City, such as Lake Xochimilco and Lake Chalco. These lakes were drained by Spanish settlers...
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central Mexico. The lake was named after the ancient city of Chalco on its former eastern shore. Lake Chalco and Lake Xochimilco were the original habitat...
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Lake (British Columbia, Canada) Manitou Lake (Saskatchewan, Canada) Lake Xochimilco (Mexico City, Mexico) Sinkhole – Geologically-formed topological depression...
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moisture retention. This method was also used and occupied most of Lake Xochimilco. The United Nations designated it a Globally Important Agricultural...
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Valley of Mexico (section Old lake system)
interconnected lakes called Lake Zumpango, Lake Xaltocan (Nahuatl languages: Xāltocān), Lake Xochimilco, Lake Chalco and the largest, Lake Texcoco, covering...
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Xochimilco was the most important city of the Xochimilca people, one of the Nahua tribes that migrated to the Mesoamerica region. At the same time it was...
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interconnected lakes, covering about 1,500 square kilometers (580 sq mi) (the other lakes being Lake Xaltocan, Lake Xochimilco, Lake Chalco and Lake Texcoco)...
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Endorheic basin (redirect from Terminal Lake)
the Valley was substantially covered with five lakes, including Lake Texcoco, Lake Xochimilco, and Lake Chalco. Guzmán Basin, in northern Mexico and the...
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