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Texcotzingo – Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

Texcotzingo (alternatively, Tetzcotzingo) is claimed to be one of the first extant botanical gardens in the world, along with Moctezuma's gardens in Huastepec.

Texcotzingo

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Tlatelolco – Wikipedia

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Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

Tlatelolco may refer to: Tlatelolco (altepetl), a pre-Columbian Aztec citystate Tlatelolco (archaeological site), an archaeological site in Mexico City, location of the Aztec citystate Tlatelolco,…

Tlatelolco

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Wiracochapampa – Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

Wiracochapampa

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Xochicalco Mountain — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2023 · UNESCO

Xochicalco Mountain

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Zempoala – Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

Zempoala

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Cacaxtla – Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

Cacaxtla (Nahuatl pronunciation: [kaˈkaʃtɬaːn]) is an archaeological site located near the southern border of the Mexican state of Tlaxcala.

Cacaxtla

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Cancuen – Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

Cancuen

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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El Baul – Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

El Baul

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Folsom Site – Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

Folsom Site

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Lindenmeier Site – Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

Lindenmeier Site

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Mammoth Cave Historic Entrance — UNESCO World Heritage Centre

UNESCO World Heritage Centre · 2023 · UNESCO

Mammoth Cave Historic Entrance

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Russell Cave National Monument – Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

Russell Cave National Monument is a U.S. national monument in northeastern Alabama, United States, close to the city of Bridgeport.

Russell Cave National Monument

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Waka – Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023 · Wikimedia Foundation

Waka

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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Aflaj Al Rustaq Batinah 23.42,57.25 — Aflaj Rustaq

UNESCO · 2024

Aflaj Rustaq West Branch Falaj (Rustaq Western Batinah Aflaj System)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Anazarbus Aqueduct 18 km N — analog

UNESCO · 2024

Anazarbus aqueduct analog

Ceyhan Karadağ Roman Dam (Karadağ–Ceyhan Saddle Dam, Cilician Plain)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Ayn Zubaydah Aqueduct Zubaydah Spring Canal to Makkah

Database · 2024

Ayn Zubaydah main 21.38N 39.95E

Ayn Zubaydah West Branch Aqueduct (Makkah West Zubaydah Canal)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Band-e Darreh Birjand 32.75,59.12 arch dam

Database · 2024

Band-e Darreh South Extension Dam (Birjand Darreh South Gravity Dam)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Dujiangyan north channel Sichuan — analog

Database · 2024

Dujiangyan north channel analog

Dujiangyan East Secondary Canal (Yuzui East Feeder Canal, Sichuan)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Lingqu Canal north section Guangxi — analog

Database · 2024

Lingqu north 25.62,110.68

Lingqu North Pound Extension Canal (Qin Lingqu Northern Stepped Pound)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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Wadi Abu al Qittayn type wadi Balqa Jordan 31.89N

Mapcarta · 2024

Wadi Abu al Qittayn Balqa 7 km N Iraq al-Amir

Anabata (Anabeta) Reservoir Old City (Wadi Abu al-Qittayn Cistern City)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

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