Exercise

Things that everyone will be expected to do on the second part of the end-of-semester (third) examination.

This exercise requires that each student find and use a suitable atlas of Mexico. There are several such books in the Benson Latin American Collection, which is in Sid Richardson Hall, and in the Perry-Castañeda Library. There are also suitable materials available on the World Wide Web which can be consulted.

1. Label on a blank outline map the names of the 31 states of Mexico and the Federal District.

2. Draw in and label on a second blank outline map of Mexico the locations of the following rivers.


 Rank According to Rank According to
Name Size of Drainage Area Discharge Volume
Mapimi-Nazas 1 -
Bravo (below Conchos) 2 -
Grijalva-Usumacinta 3 1-2
Lerma-Santiago 4 7
Balsas 5 8
Conchos 6 18
Panuco 7 4
Casas Grandes 8 -
Yaqui 9 16
Papaloapan 10 3

3. Deduce from the above data some conclusions about the hydrography of Mexico.

4. Locate and label on a blank outline map of Mexico the 25 largest cities in 1995, listed below.

Rank City Population
1. Mexico City 16,674,160
2. Guadalajara 3,461,819
3. Monterrey 3,022,268
4. Puebla 1,561,558
5. Leon 1,174,180
6. Toluca 1,080,081
7. Ciudad Juarez 1,011,786
8. Tijuana 991,592
9. Torreon 870,651
10. San Luis Potosi 781,964
11. Merida 779,648
12. Tampico 718,906
13. Culiacan 696,262
14. Mexicali 696,034
15. Acapulco 687,292
16. Queretaro 679,757
17. Cuernavaca 672,307
18. Aguascalientes 637,303
19. Chihuahua 627,662
20. Coatzacoalcos 593,888
21. Saltillo 583,326
22. Morelia 578,061
23. Orizaba 567,185
24. Veracruz 560,200
25. Hermosillo 559,154

5. Deduce from the above data some conclusions about the geography of Mexican cities.

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Created by William E. Doolittle. Last revised 29 July 2003, wed