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Modern Mexico City sits upon the dried bed of former lake Texcoco -- it was drained after Mexico's conquest by the Spanish Empire, in 1521. Due to the city's explosive population growth (22 million by 2015), its underground aquifers are also being depleted, resulting in some parts of the city sinking between 6 and 10 inches every year, and affecting roughly 2 to 3 million people.
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What is the definition of a subsidence?
The definition of subsidence is the decreasing or caving in of an area of land. A real world example of a subsidence would be a sink hole, having the land sink in gradually.
What is causing some of Mexico's land to turn into desert?
Improper farming and irrigation practices are causing desertification in Mexico.
Is Mexico City or land?
"Mexico" is the name of a city, a state and a country.
Land subsidence results from?
underground coal mining
The land balboa crossed was?
the City Mexico
What connects New Mexico to Mexico City?
Are you serious! Huh, its called LAND!!
The sinking land due to the over pumping of ground water?
subsidence.
Is sun land a major city in New Mexico?
NO
What was Mexico city called when the Aztecs owned the land?
Tenochtitlan
A result of epeirogeny is?
Uplift and subsidence of large land masses without significant deformation.
Is a hazard in which an area of land sinks down due to the removal of underground material?
subsidence
What is the sinking of land due to the over pumping of ground water supplies called?
subsidence
