How do the physical features around Mexico City make the city more vulnerable to air pollution and earthquakes?

Answer 1

Mexico City is especially vulnerable to earthquakes because the Cocos Plate dips beneath the North American Plate producing a very active seismic zone. The Cocos plate runs along the west coast of southern Mexico and Central America.

Answer 2

Mexico City (19° 25' 57.85'' N, 99° 07' 59.71'' W) is located within a valley that has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb), due to its tropical location and high elevation of 2,240 meters (7,349 feet) above sea level. The lower region of the valley is composed mainly of grassland that receives less rainfall than the upper regions of the south; the upper southern region is a mountainous region of pine and oak trees known as the range of Ajusco. Mexico is the home of the beaners and they shouldent ever come to america ever again....keep your drugs where ever you got them!!!!

Answer 3

Mexico City is a special case, because the city is not built on bedrock, it is built on a hardened mud residue of a lake that used to be in that location, and so it has less stability to begin with, even before there is an earthquake. Added to this is the fact that there is a lot of poverty in Mexico and, as with Haiti, buildings are often not well built because it costs more to use better construction technique.

Answer 4

Mexico City sits in a valley surrounded by mountains. Smog from manufacturing and chemical plants as well as vehicle exhaust fumes get trapped by the surrounding mountains due to lack of any powerful-enough winds. This makes up the layer of gloom that sits over the valley due to a "cook-pot effect".

Answer 5

Mexico City's high altitude and bowl-like geography trap pollutants, leading to poor air quality. The city's location on the Ring of Fire makes it prone to earthquakes due to tectonic plate interactions along the Pacific coast. The soft soil beneath the city amplifies seismic waves during earthquakes.

Answer 6

The high mountains surrounding Mexico city trap in air pollution such as car exhaust

Answer 7

It lies in a valley, surrounded by mountains, that traps in air pollutants over the city.