Lake Texcoco suddenly reappears over Mexico City.
On a random day, suddenly, all the water that used to make up the old now drained Texcoco lake in central Mexico reappears in its historical basin. What would be the ramifications of this?
the city of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec empire. founded in 1325, the city was built on a small island on lake Texcoco. the city grew fast becoming one of the largest in the world until the arrival of the Spanish. after extreme fighting, the city fell in 1521 and was razed brick by brick. reddit.com/gallery/p6ycop
Mexico City's growth over lake Texcoco from the 16th century to 2000
Mexico City engulfing Lake Texcoco , from 16th Century to 2000.
TIL 65 years ago, the Latino Tower was the first skyscraper built in a highly seismic area. It has survived 3 intense earthquakes with only a couple of broken windows by a combination of it "floating" in the soil that once was the lake of texcoco and 361 concrete piles. thesaxon.org/this-is-how-β¦
TIL the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan was built on Lake Texcoco, which was engineered to segregate freshwater & saltwater with dikes to maintain a drinking water supply. The Spanish drained the lake to build Mexico City, resulting in water shortages. Mexico City sank 10m over the past century. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakβ¦
TIL about "Aztec Cheese", a fast growing algae, was responsible for the protein needs of the 1.5 million residents of the Lake Texcoco region. Today, it is known as the super food "Spirulina" and is sold in tablet form. mexicolore.co.uk/aztecs/hβ¦
Hypothetical map of modern Mexico City if Lake Texcoco hadnβt dried off. Source: http://ow.ly/oL3N50EzDah
How TenochtitlΓ‘n can be a futuristic and magic city on the new Texcoco lake without sinking the city? reddit.com/gallery/nhpho8
Main squares and plazas of some of the cities that surrounded Lake Texcoco for Miniature Minecraft Tenochtitlan. (Still in progress) reddit.com/gallery/nhi25r
Mexico City engulfing Lake Texcoco , from 16th Century to 2000.
Why does lake Texcoco have brackish water?
Lake Texcoco. One of the first ideas for a boat map that came to my mind.
Main squares and plazas of some of the cities that surrounded Lake Texcoco for Miniature Minecraft Tenochtitlan. (Still in progress) reddit.com/gallery/nhi25r
Mexico City engulfing Lake Texcoco , from 16th Century to 2000.
Does anybody know who made this alt-history map of Mexico City where Lake Texcoco is preserved? Or at least have a better-res image?
Aztec Plateau and Texcoco lake-Mexico.
Archaeological sites and the former costline of the Texcoco lake in central MΓ©xico over the city's today extension. Source: Revista ArqueologΓa Mexicana.
Mexico City engulfing Lake Texcoco , from 16th Century to 2000.
Looking through this album of photographs from the Salton Sea, a man-made lake in CA and ecological disaster, and was reminded me a lot of Laguna Bend and Pyramid Song. lostamerica.com/photo-iteβ¦
Map of Mexico's "inner sea" - Lake Texcoco - circa 1519 CE (from a 1950s textbook)
Tenochtitlan was said to be like the βVenice of the new worldβ when the Spanish saw it. What possessed them to destroy it and fill in Lake Texcoco with dirt to build Mexico City over it?
Rendition of former Lake Texcoco, in the Valley of Mexico, looking a lot like A Moon Shaped Pool.
Plan of Mexico City, Mexico, in the year 1778, when it had a population of around 100,000 and Lake Texcoco still covered large swaths of the land around the city.
Mexico Cityβs metro system overlayed the former lake of Texcoco. The largest island at the center is where the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan once stood.
Mexico City's metro system overlaid on Lake Texcoco
I made a map of the central cities of the Aztec Empire around Lake Texcoco in Minecraft
Frosted trees in Jucheon Ecological Park, Jinan County, North Jeolla Province [1080Γ1283]
Gray-collard Becard / Pachyramphus major (female)πͺΆ Photographed in northern Mexico, state of Nuevo LeΓ³n, at the Ecological Park of Chipinque π reddit.com/gallery/rc3ra8
Mumbai port Trust is going to Develope, Operate and Maintain the Ecological and Cultural -Park at Sewri. Would serve as public and tourist attractions. reddit.com/gallery/qcgg89
What happened to Tenochtitlan during the first few decades of Spanish rule in Mexico? There used to be a huge lake (Lake Texcoco) in what is now Mexico City, how did the Spanish terraform the Valley of Mexico?
Mexico City's metro system overlaid on Lake Texcoco
Alenia mount ecological park by Cities.altivs_cs reddit.com/gallery/pzr0ca
Map of Mexico City's subway overlayed on a map of Tenochtitlan/ Lake Texcoco. From The Decolonial Atlas.
Pike 'n Ike's. Pike are an invasive species and ecological nightmare in Alaskan lakes, but fortunately taste great.
Ecological Disaster At Sandy River Delta Park: illegal camper(s) with chainsaw(s) is wantonly cutting down dozens of LIVING TREES. I have reported to the national forest service and multnomah county sheriff. This is a serious federal and state crime. v.redd.it/n68ucn3hvlp61
Lake Texcoco, Mexico, 1519. [800x1079]
Lake Texcoco and Mexico City subway map
The outline of Mexico Cityβs ancient lake of Texcoco and the location of collapsed buildings after yesterdayβs earthquake [1500x1000]
Was Corn grown around Lake Texcoco?
Does it grow wildly in Mexico City?
Can it be grown on Chinampas?
Lake Texcoco (satellite map) [OC - 2100Γ2800]
Ecological Park Ramat Hasharon reddit.com/gallery/paootp
Map of Mexico City if the old Lake of Texcoco had not been drained by the Spanish
Interview with the architect behind the effort to transform Texcoco into a giant 30,394 acre park ensia.com/features/mexicoβ¦
View from Hwamyeong Ecological Park, Busan
Mexico City was originally built on an island within Lake Texcoco by the Aztecs in 1325 as Tenochtitlan. After the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, efforts to control flooding by the Spanish led to most of the lake being drained en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakβ¦
