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Mexico, Valley of (Mexico)


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    • n-mx---
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    • Anáhuac (Mexico : Valley of Mexico)
    • Anauac (Mexico : Valley of Mexico)
    • Basin of México (Mexico)
    • Cuenca de México (Mexico)
    • Mexico, Basin of (Mexico)
    • Valle de México (Mexico)
    • Valley of Mexico (Mexico)
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    • found: GeoNames [algorithmically matched]valley; 19°40ʹ00ʺN 099°00ʹ00ʺW
    • found: Work cat.: 2018402592: Jiménez Vaca, A. Las acequias en la Cuenca de México, 2017.
    • found: GEOnet, Dec. 3, 2019(Valle de México [approved], valley, Mexico (general), 19°40ʹ00ʺN 099°00ʹ00ʺW; variants: Anáhuac, Basin of México, Cuenca de México, Valley of Mexico; also many other Mexican features named Anáhuac)
    • found: Columbia gazetteer of the world, via WWW, viewed Dec. 3, 2019(Mexico, Valley of, oval basin of interior drainage in Federal District and Mexico state, central Mexico; part of the large central plateau S of Pánuco River system)
    • found: Diccionario Porrúa de historia, biografía y geografía de México, 1970-1971(Anáhuac, Anauac: name equivalent to "coast, beach, shore"; two ways: Anáhuac Huixtotin, "coast of the salt workers," which is the sea of the Gulf, and Anáhuac xicalanque, "coast of the squash pickers," which is the Pacific; the name is also given to the region of the central lakes, or what is called "Valle de México"; later it is applied by metonymy to the whole country of Mexico)
    • found: Merriam-Webster's geographical dictionary, 2007, via WWW, viewed Dec. 4, 2019(Mexico, Valley of: Subdivision of the valley of Anáhuac (q.v.) in cen. Mexico; a vast oval basin ab. 50 mi. (80 km.) long by 40 mi. (65 km.) wide; Anáhuac: Valley, S cen. Mexico, in Mexican Plateau; site of Mexico City)
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    • 1986-02-11: new
    • 2020-03-05: revised
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