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Lake Xochimilco

Lake Xochimilco
Location of Lake Xochimilco.
Location of Lake Xochimilco.
Lake Xochimilco
LocationXochimilco, Mexico City, Mexico
Coordinates19°17′06″N 99°06′07″W / 19.285°N 99.102°W / 19.285; -99.102
Typeendorheic lake
Lake Xochimilco, in a detail from the 1847 Bruff/Disturnell map
The Valley of Mexico at the time of the Spanish conquest, c. 1519

Lake Xochimilco (Spanish pronunciation: [sotʃiˈmilko]; Nahuatl languages: Xōchimīlco, pronounced [ʃoːtʃiˈmiːlko] listen) is an ancient endorheic lake, located in the present-day Borough of Xochimilco in southern Mexico City. It is the last remaining habitat of the axolotl.

The lake is within the Valley of Mexico hydrological basin, in central Mexico.


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Lago de Xochimilco Spanish Lac de Xochimilco French Սոչիմիլկո լիճ HY Lago di Xochimilco Italian შოჩიმილკოს ტბა KA Lago Xochimilco Portuguese

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