Earth Science 7-Mexico City, Mexico

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  • Mexico city, Mexico


  • latitude-26 longitude-7


  • elevation-2,240 meters above sea level


  • large bodies of water-gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean
  • Prevailing winds-southwest
  • vegetation-mainly grassland, and scrubs

Earth Science 7- Mexico City, Mexico

http://www.google.com/images?q=mexico&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=986&bih=811

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001769.html

http://veloroutes.org/elevation/?location=mexico%20city


Average Tempeture

LOWS HIGHS Jan:43 70 Feb:45 73 Mar:49 77 Apr:52 79 May:54 79 Jun:54 76 Jul:53 73 Aug:53 74 Sep:53 73 Oct:50 72 Nov:57 72 Dec:45 70

AVERAGE PRECIPITATION

Jan:0.40 in Feb:0.40 in Mar:0.50 in Apr:1.10 in May:2.30 in June:6.20 in July:7.20 in Aug:6.80 in Sep:5.70 in Oct:2.40 in Nov:0.20 in Dec:0.30 in

PLATE BOUDARIES

  • Mexico city is near the Atlantic and North American plate boundaries. From Mexico City to Atlantiv Palte boundary it is 161.28 miles and from Mexico city to North AMeric it is 503.42 miles
  • Mexico City has sedimentary rocks below it, because it used to be a basin of water more thatn 30 million years ago and it eventualy dried up so that it now lies beneath sediments. However the city is surrounded by volcanoes therefore it also contains igeneous rock. Bed rock of of massive Cretaceous but by granitic intursives, and covered by a great cap of lava and tuff.javascript:alert('This%20content%20has%20been%20disabled')

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