Valley of Mexico
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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.
Observed surface forms (9)
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.
this entity surface form:
Desagüe del Valle de México
this entity surface form:
Valle de México
subject surface form:
Los Dinamos Park
subject surface form:
Mexico City International Airport