Editing Lake Texcoco (section)

{{Short description|Former lake in Valley of Mexico}}{{About|the lake|the pre-Columbian city-state|Texcoco (altepetl)|the modern municipality and city|Texcoco, State of Mexico}}
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{{Infobox body of water
| name               = Lake Texcoco
| other_name         = {{lang|es|Lago de Texcoco}}<br/>{{lang|nah|Tetzco(h)co}}
| image              = File:Basin of Mexico 1519 map-en.svg
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| location           = Central Mexico
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| coordinates        = {{Coord|19|25|10|N|99|08|00|W|display=inline,title|region:MX_type:waterbody_source:cswiki}}
| type               = Former [[pluvial lake|pluvial]] and [[Paleolake|paleo]] [[salt lake]], [[Endorheic lake|endorheic]]
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| area               = {{convert|5400|sqkm|sqmi}}
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| max-depth          = over {{convert|150|m|ft}}
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| elevation          = {{convert|2240|m|ft}}
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| pushpin_label      = Lake Texcoco
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| pushpin_map        = Mexico#North America
| pushpin_map_alt    = Location of Lake Texcoco in Mexico.
| pushpin_relief     = y
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| embedded           = {{Infobox mapframe |wikidata=yes |zoom=11 |coord={{WikidataCoord|display=i}}}}
{{Designation list
| embed = yes
| designation1 = Ramsar
| designation1_offname = Lago de Texcoco
| designation1_date = 5 June 2022
| designation1_number = 2469<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lago de Texcoco|website=[[Ramsar Convention|Ramsar]] Sites Information Service|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/2469|access-date=5 November 2022}}</ref>}}
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'''Lake Texcoco''' ({{langx|es|Lago de Texcoco}}; {{langx|nah|Tetzco(h)co}}) was a natural [[Salt lake|saline]] [[lake]] within the ''Anahuac'' or [[Valley of Mexico]]. Lake Texcoco is best known for an island situated on the western side of the lake where the [[Mexica]] built the city of [[Tenochtitlan|Mēxihco Tenōchtitlan]], which would later become the capital of the [[Aztec Empire]]. After the [[Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire|Spanish conquest]], efforts to control flooding led to most of the lake being drained. 

The entire lake basin is now almost completely occupied by [[Mexico City]], the capital of the present-day nation of [[Mexico]]. Drainage of the lake has led to serious ecological and human consequences. The local climate and water availability have changed considerably, contributing to water scarcity in the area; subsequent [[Overdrafting|groundwater extraction]] leads to [[land subsidence]] under much of the city. Native species endemic to the lake region, such as the [[axolotl]], have become severely endangered or extinct due to ecosystem change.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Benji |date=2022-01-25 |title=The animal that's everywhere and nowhere |url=https://www.vox.com/22877353/axolotl-salamander-pet-extinction-mexico |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=Vox |language=en}}</ref>