Drought in Mexico is caused by the country's geographical location, deforestation, and poor water management. Over 60% of Mexico is naturally dry, with some areas receiving less than 100mm of rain per year while southern areas receive between 3,000-4,500mm. The city of Monterrey is experiencing a severe drought, with residents desperate for water after the three dams supplying the city dried up due to a six-year drought exacerbated by higher temperatures and overuse of water resources.
Drought in Mexico is caused by the country's geographical location, deforestation, and poor water management. Over 60% of Mexico is naturally dry, with some areas receiving less than 100mm of rain per year while southern areas receive between 3,000-4,500mm. The city of Monterrey is experiencing a severe drought, with residents desperate for water after the three dams supplying the city dried up due to a six-year drought exacerbated by higher temperatures and overuse of water resources.
Drought in Mexico is caused by the country's geographical location, deforestation, and poor water management. Over 60% of Mexico is naturally dry, with some areas receiving less than 100mm of rain per year while southern areas receive between 3,000-4,500mm. The city of Monterrey is experiencing a severe drought, with residents desperate for water after the three dams supplying the city dried up due to a six-year drought exacerbated by higher temperatures and overuse of water resources.
Drought in Mexico What causes it and how to deal with it?
Tec researcher points out that the geographical location of the
country, deforestation and poor water management cause drought
Given the risks of drought in Mexico, the Tec professor in
Mexico City, José Antonio Benjamín Ordóñez, explained the current situation in the country due to the scarcity of water.
The geographical location of our country makes it have
different conformations, this gives a natural area that makes more than 60 percent completely dry and with indicators that it will not have
We found places where it rains little, less than 100 millimeters
per year, and places in the south where it rains a lot, ranging from 3,000 to 4,500 millimeters, that is, one millimeter equals one liter po Monterrey suffers severe drought; residents are desperate for water
Local authorities began to restrict the supply after the
three dams that supply the city dried up
Monterrey, Mexico — María del Carmen Lara lives on the
outskirts of Monterrey, the largest industrial city in northern Mexico, and like millions she is desperate because something essential is missing.
The crisis that Monterrey is experiencing derives from a
drought that has lasted for almost six years, increasingly higher temperatures, poor planning by the authorities and excessive use of water by the
ASCE 1193: The Water-Works and Sewerage of Monterrey, N. L., Mexico
The 4th article from the June, 1911, Volume LXXII,
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Paper No. 1193, Feb. 1, 1911.