Mexico, Valley of (Mexico)
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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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