Identifier: mexicoitsancient01enoc (find matches)
Title: Mexico, its ancient and modern civilisation, history and political conditions, topography and natural resources, industries and general development;
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Enock, C. Reginald (Charles Reginald), 1868-1970
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Publisher: New York, Scribner
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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passing through New Mexico in the United States,and thence entering between Texas and Chihuahua, itis joined by two large tributaries—the Pecos on theAmerican and the Conchos river on the Mexican side.Thence it flows south-eastwardly to the Gulf of Mexico.The waters which enter Mexican territory are scarce, asthey have been taken out for irrigation purposes inAmerican territory. The Lerma, or Santiago, river isthe next in point of length, and is a stream of consider-able importance, dividing the main portion of Mexicotopographically into two subdivisions. It flows for 540miles from its source in the mountains near Toluca,passing through the beautiful Lake Chapala—the largestin Mexico—and forms the great cascade of Juanacatlan,the Niagara of Mexico ; traverses the State of Jalisco,where it is joined by numerous affluents, and dischargesinto the Pacific Ocean near San Bias. Southwardly from the above, beyond the interveningCordillera, is the River Balsas, or Mescala, 430 miles in
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PHYSICAL CONDITIONS 145 length. This important stream has its rise in the water-shed of the central plateau, or rather the extensive slopesof the Valley of Mexico, and running with a generalwesterly direction between the Sierras, empties into thePacific at Zacatula. It is navigable for a short distance.The Yaqui, discharging into Pacific waters, is 390miles long, flowing through the Sierras of Sonora to theGulf of California. On the littoral of the Mexican Gulfis the Panuco, which rises to the north of the Valley ofMexico, flowing thence in a great curve ; and being joinedby various affluents from the eastern watershed of theSierra Madres, it discharges at the port of Tampico.The Papaloapam, also draining part of the State ofVera Cruz, empties into the Gulf near the port of thesame name. From the region of the peninsula of Yucatanflow two main streams—the Usamacinta and the Grijalva—which are partly navigable. All these rivers are furtherdescribed in the chapter treating of the va

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