Valley of Mexico

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geographical region highland basin valley

The Valley of Mexico is a highland basin in central Mexico that historically hosted several major pre-Columbian civilizations and today contains the country’s largest urban concentration.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
Basin of Mexico 3
Valle de México 3
Valley of Mexico region 3

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region ⓘ
highland basin ⓘ
valley ⓘ
archaeologicalSites Cuicuilco ⓘ
Templo Mayor ⓘ
Tenochtitlan remains ⓘ
Teotihuacan civilization ⓘ
surface form: Teotihuacan

Tlatelolco ⓘ
boundedBy Sierra Nevada (Mexico) ⓘ
Sierra de Pachuca ⓘ
Sierra de Tepotzotlán ⓘ
Sierra de las Cruces ⓘ
climate subtropical highland climate in much of the basin ⓘ
contains Iztaccíhuatl volcano vicinity ⓘ
Mexico City ⓘ
Greater Mexico City metropolitan area ⓘ
surface form: Mexico City metropolitan area

Nevado de Toluca vicinity ⓘ
Popocatépetl volcano vicinity ⓘ
State of Mexico urban areas ⓘ
former Lake Chalco ⓘ
former Lake Texcoco basin ⓘ
former Lake Xaltocan ⓘ
former Lake Xochimilco ⓘ
former Lake Zumpango ⓘ
parts of Hidalgo state ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
drainageModifiedBy colonial and modern drainage works ⓘ
elevation approximately 2200 m above sea level ⓘ
approximately 7300 ft above sea level ⓘ
hasFeature endorheic basin characteristics ⓘ
volcanic surrounding mountains ⓘ
historicallyHosted Aztec Empire ⓘ
surface form: Aztec civilization

Tenochtitlan ⓘ
surface form: Mexica city-states

Teotihuacan civilization ⓘ
Texcoco polity ⓘ
Tlacopan polity ⓘ
Toltec civilization ⓘ
hydrology artificial drainage to the Tula River basin ⓘ
knownFor land subsidence due to groundwater extraction ⓘ
pre-Columbian chinampa agriculture ⓘ
severe air pollution problems ⓘ
languageRegionPreColumbian Nahuan languages ⓘ
surface form: Nahuatl
largestUrbanConcentrationIn Mexico ⓘ
locatedIn Central Mexico ⓘ
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt ⓘ
majorCity Tlalnepantla de Baz ⓘ
surface form: Ecatepec de Morelos

Mexico City ⓘ
Naucalpan de Juárez ⓘ
Nezahualcóyotl ⓘ
populationRank one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world ⓘ
wasCenterOf Aztec Empire ⓘ
Aztec Empire ⓘ
surface form: Aztec Triple Alliance
wasSceneOf Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (90)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Itzcoatl → areaOfInfluence → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
Granjas Navidad → belongsTo → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
this entity surface form: Valley of Mexico region
San Juan Ixtayopan → belongsTo → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
this entity surface form: Valley of Mexico region
Naucalpan de Juárez → belongsToRegion → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
Central Mexico → contains → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
Central Mexico → contains → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basin of Mexico
Estado de México → contains → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
this entity surface form: Valle de México
Mexican Plateau → contains → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
Mexican Plateau → contains → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basin of Mexico
Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt → contains → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
this entity surface form: Valle de México
Aztec Hall → culturalContext → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
Plaza de la Constitución → culturalRegion → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
Sierra de las Cruces → drainsTo → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
this entity surface form: Valley of Mexico endorheic basin
Monolith of Tlaloc → geographicContext → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
Colonia Paulino Navarro → geographicRegion → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
Calzada de los Misterios → hasRegion → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
Cerro de la Estrella → hasView → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
this entity surface form: Valley of Mexico basin
Texcoco, Mexico → historicalRegion → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
Cuajimalpa de Morelos → isPartOf → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
Río Magdalena → isPartOf → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
this entity surface form: Magdalena River basin (Valley of Mexico)
Nezahualcóyotl → isPartOfRegion → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
Iztaccíhuatl → isVisibleFrom → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mexico City Valley
Popocatépetl → isVisibleFrom → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mexico City Valley
Balbuena Military Airport → locatedIn → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
Benito Juárez → locatedIn → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
Colonia Atlampa → locatedIn → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
Colonia Maza → locatedIn → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
Contadero → locatedIn → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
Cuauhtémoc borough → locatedIn → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City → locatedIn → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
Cuicuilco → locatedIn → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
former Lake Zumpango → locatedIn → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
subject surface form: Former Lake Zumpango
Historic Centre of Mexico City → locatedIn → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
Iztacalco → locatedIn → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
Iztapalapa → locatedIn → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
La Nopalera → locatedIn → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
Lake Texcoco → locatedIn → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
Mexica → locatedIn → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
Mexico City → locatedIn → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
Mexico City → locatedIn → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Mexico
Mexico City Metro → locatedIn → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
Mexico City–Puebla highway → locatedIn → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
this entity surface form: Valley of Mexico region
Miguel Hidalgo → locatedIn → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
subject surface form: Miguel Hidalgo (Mexico City borough)
southwest Mexico City → locatedIn → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
subject surface form: Southwest Mexico City
Tenochtitlan → locatedIn → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
Teotihuacan civilization → locatedIn → Valley of Mexico ⓘ
this entity surface form: Basin of Mexico