| LC control no. | sh 85084622 |
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| Geographic heading | Mexico, Valley of (Mexico) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Mexico--Mexico, Valley of |
| Variant(s) | 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) |
| See also | Valleys--Mexico |
| Found in | GeoNames [algorithmically matched] valley; 19°40ʹ00ʺN 099°00ʹ00ʺW Work cat.: 2018402592: Jiménez Vaca, A. Las acequias en la Cuenca de México, 2017. 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) 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) 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) 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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