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  2. El Cielo Biosphere Reserve - Wikipedia

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    The El Cielo Biosphere Reserve (Reserva de la Biosfera El Cielo in Spanish) is located in the Sierra Madre Oriental in the southern part of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas near the town of Gómez Farias. The reserve protects the northernmost extension of tropical forest and cloud forest in Mexico. It has an area of 144,530 hectares (357,100 ...

  3. Hydrology - Wikipedia

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    Rain falling over a drainage basin in Scotland.Understanding the cycling of water into, through, and out of catchments is a key element of hydrology. Hydrology (from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr) ' water ' and -λογία () ' study of ') is the scientific study of the movement, distribution, and management of water on Earth and other planets, including the water cycle, water resources ...

  4. Chapultepec aqueduct - Wikipedia

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    There was a 3rd fountain as faraway as La Merced on the other side of the Centro Histórico but this one was entirely demolished at the end of the 19th century. [ 15 ] Historical images of the Aqueduct and Salto del Agua Fountain

  5. Sierra Gorda - Wikipedia

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    Santa María del Agua de Landa is located twenty km from Jalpan on Highway 120 towards Xilitla. The mission was built between 1760 and 1768 by Miguel de la Campa is dedicated to Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception, which gives rise to part of the community's name. It was the last of the missions to be built.

  6. Nueva Italia, Michoacán - Wikipedia

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    Nueva Italia is located in the center of the state of Michoacán, in the coordinates 19° 01' latitude and 102° 06'W, approximately 420 meters above sea level. Bordered on the north by the town of Lombardía , lying west of the town of La Huacana, east of the town of Parácuaro and the city of Apatzingán. To the south lie El Letrero and ...

  7. Armor (hydrology) - Wikipedia

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    Armour of basalt blocks. In hydrology and geography, armor is the association of surface pebbles, rocks or boulders with stream beds or beaches.Most commonly hydrological armor occurs naturally; however, a man-made form is usually called riprap, when shorelines or stream banks are fortified for erosion protection with large boulders or sizable manufactured concrete objects.

  8. Routing (hydrology) - Wikipedia

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    In hydrology, routing is a technique used to predict the changes in shape of a hydrograph as water moves through a river channel or a reservoir.In flood forecasting, hydrologists may want to know how a short burst of intense rain in an area upstream of a city will change as it reaches the city.

  9. Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies ...

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    It was created on December 22, 1993, when Congress passed Law 99 of 1993, replacing the Colombian Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology, and Land Management (Instituto Colombiano de Hidrología, Meteorología y Adecuación de Tierras - HIMAT), [1] and it officially started functioning on March 1, 1995. [5]