former Lake Chalco
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Former Lake Chalco was one of the shallow lakes that once covered part of the southern Valley of Mexico, historically important for its chinampa (floating garden) agriculture before being largely drained in the colonial and modern periods.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lake Chalco | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
endorheic lake
ⓘ
former lake ⓘ geographical feature ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chalco Valley
ⓘ
Chalco ⓘ
surface form:
Chalco region
|
| causeOfDrainage |
agricultural land reclamation
ⓘ
flood control projects ⓘ urban expansion ⓘ |
| climateZone | highland subtropical ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
center of chinampa technology development
ⓘ
important for pre-Hispanic food production ⓘ |
| depth | shallow ⓘ |
| drainageStatus | largely drained ⓘ |
| drainedDuring |
colonial period
ⓘ
modern period ⓘ |
| elevation | Mexican Plateau ⓘ |
| environmentType | wetland (historical) ⓘ |
| foodSource |
aquatic birds (historical)
ⓘ
fish (historical) ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
Aztec Empire
ⓘ
Pre-Columbian era ⓘ
surface form:
Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica
|
| hydrologicalSystem | closed basin ⓘ |
| impactOfDrainage |
decline of traditional chinampa agriculture
ⓘ
loss of wetland ecosystems ⓘ |
| knownFor |
chinampa agriculture
ⓘ
floating gardens ⓘ |
| languageOfToponym | Nahuatl ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Valley of Mexico
ⓘ
Central Mexico ⓘ
surface form:
southern Valley of Mexico
|
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity | State of Mexico ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Lake Xochimilco
ⓘ
Mexico City ⓘ former Lake Texcoco ⓘ former Lake Xaltocan ⓘ former Lake Zumpango ⓘ |
| partOf |
lacustrine system of the Valley of Mexico
ⓘ
southern lake zone of the Valley of Mexico ⓘ |
| presentDayLandUse |
agricultural fields
ⓘ
infrastructure ⓘ urban areas ⓘ |
| transportRole | canoe navigation (historical) ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Aztec Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Aztec civilization
Nahua ⓘ
surface form:
Nahua peoples
|
| usedFor |
flower cultivation
ⓘ
intensive agriculture ⓘ maize cultivation ⓘ vegetable cultivation ⓘ |
| waterType | freshwater ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lake Chalco
subject surface form:
Former Lake Zumpango