Lago de Texcoco

GPTKB entity

Statements (64)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:lake
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite gptkb:Tenochtitlan
gptkb:Texcoco
gptkb:Tlatelolco
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Aztec_civilization
gptkbp:cityBuiltOn gptkb:Mexico_City
gptkbp:country gptkb:Mexico
gptkbp:drainageBegan 17th century
gptkbp:drainageContinued 19th and 20th centuries
gptkbp:drainedBy gptkb:urban_development
gptkbp:ecologicalSignificance wetland habitat for migratory birds
gptkbp:historicalSignificance site of Tenochtitlan
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lago de Texcoco
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Valley_of_Mexico
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Spanish_conquest_of_the_Aztec_Empire
foundation of Tenochtitlan
gptkbp:notableFeature prone to flooding
saline waters
gptkbp:notableProject cancelled Mexico City New International Airport
gptkbp:notableResident gptkb:Aztecs
gptkb:Xochimilco
gptkb:Azcapotzalco
gptkb:Chichimeca
gptkb:Ecatepec
gptkb:Iztapalapa
gptkb:Tepanecs
gptkb:Texcocans
gptkb:Acolhua
gptkb:Matlatzinca
gptkb:Tlaxcalteca
gptkb:Culhuacan
gptkb:Xochimilca
gptkb:Tlahuac
gptkb:Mexica
gptkb:Otomi
gptkb:Altepetl
gptkb:Acolman
gptkb:Chalco
gptkb:Huehuetoca
gptkb:Otumba
gptkb:Tenochtitlan
gptkb:Texcoco
gptkb:Tlacopan
gptkb:Tlatelolco
gptkb:Zumpango
gptkb:Xaltocan
gptkb:Huexotzinca
gptkb:Mixquic
gptkb:Chalca
gptkb:Tepaneca
gptkb:Tlahuica
Mazahua
Teotihuacan
Acolhuacan
Chiconautla
Coyoacan
Culhua
Tlatelolca
gptkbp:partOf Mexican Basin
gptkbp:status mostly drained
remnants exist as small lakes and wetlands
gptkbp:surface approximately 9,600 km² (historically)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mexico's_World_Heritage_Tentative_List
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7