Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco' has mentioned 'Lake' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| The latter arrived around the 14th century to settle first on the shores of the lake. | WIKI |
| The old Mexica city that is now simply referred to as Tenochtitlan was built on an island in the center of the inland lake system of the Valley of Mexico, which it shared with a smaller city-state called Tlatelolco. | WIKI |
| Preconquest Tenochtitlan was built in the center of the inland lake system, with the city reachable by canoe and by wide causeways to the mainland. | WIKI |
| The city grew as the population did, coming up against the lake's waters. | WIKI |
| As the depth of the lake water fluctuated, Mexico City was subject to periodic flooding. | WIKI |
| Although none of the lake waters remain, the city rests on the lake bed's heavily saturated clay. | WIKI |
| [67][68][69] The entire lake bed is now paved over and most of the city's remaining forested areas lie in the southern boroughs of Milpa Alta, Tlalpan and Xochimilco. | WIKI |
| These dikes were destroyed during the siege of Tenochtitlan, and during colonial times the Spanish regularly drained the lake to prevent floods. | WIKI |
| Only a small section of the original lake remains, located outside Mexico City, in the municipality of Atenco, State of Mexico. | WIKI |
| Testimonies from the time of the arrival of the Spanish conquerors at Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire, account for the existence of the great lake dotted with a multitude of canoes and the island city, full of oratories like towers and fortresses and all gleaming white. | UNESCO |
| The conquering Spaniards destroyed the island city of Tenochtitlan and started to drain the lake that surrounded it. | UNESCO |
| The human-made islands in the shallow lake are one of the most productive and sustainable agricultural systems in the world. | UNESCO |