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Lake Texcoco In Mexico City
Before the Spanish came, Mexico City was the Venice of Meso-America, set on a vast lake, Lake Texcoco. The lake was drained, and the dried-out bed became a major environmental hazard, with salty dust polluting much of the city. Now, Mexico City authorities are turning the waste land into farms and have resurrected part of the old Lake Texcoco as a source of irrigation water and even as a wildlife sanctuary.
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Before the Spanish came, Mexico City was the Venice of Meso-America, set on a vast lake, Lake Texcoco. The lake was drained, and the dried-out bed became a major environmental hazard, with salty dust polluting much of the city. Now, Mexico City authorities are turning the waste land into farms and have resurrected part of the old Lake Texcoco as a source of irrigation water and even as a wildlife sanctuary.
