the aztecs lived at tenochtitlan in south america, which was in the central mexican plateau region of mesoamerica.
the aztecs lived at tenochtitlan in south america, which was in the central mexican plateau region of mesoamerica.
where in south america that was in the central mexican plateau region of mesoamerica, did the aztecs live?
tenochtitlan
texcoco (altepetl)









































texcoco (classical nahuatl: "tetzco(h)co" ) was a major acolhua altepetl (city-state) in the central mexican plateau region of mesoamerica during the late postclassic period of pre-columbian mesoamerican chronology. it was situated on the eastern bank of lake texcoco in the valley of mexico, to the northeast of the aztec capital, tenochtitlan. the site of pre-columbian texcoco is now subsumed by the modern mexican "municipio" of texcoco and its major settlement, the city formally known as texcoco de mora. it also lies within the greater metropolitan area of mexico city.
texcoco (altepetl)
central mexican matorral









































the central mexican matorral is an ecoregion of the deserts and xeric shrublands biome of central mexico.









































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the central mexican matorral covers an area of on the southern portion of the mexican plateau. 









































the mexican plateau is bounded on the east by the sierra madre oriental, on the south by the trans-mexican volcanic belt, and on the west by the sierra madre occidental. the central mexican matorral covers much of the southern portion of the plateau, extending from the valley of mexico in the southeast to the bolaños river in the northwest.
central mexican matorral