Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, México
FC-02x Livable Future Cities ( 2nd Run) - Compulsory Exercise 4
Uploaded on 2016-04-08 by KarenCura
*Water*: The main drinking water supplies in my town are obtained from the Vicente Guerrero dam located approximately 50 km from the city in a town called "Padilla, Tamaulipas", besides the river "La Presita" and "Pozos North" that cater to other areas of the city![Vicente Guerrero Dam][1] *Food*: The Ground of Cd. Victoria has conditions for crops, with more than a thousand hectares for agricultural purposes whose main crops are sorghum grain, Grain Corn, Okra, Onions, Safflower, Tomato and among others. Besides hundred thousand hectares devoted to sugar cane, Orange, Lemon, Grapefruit, Tangerine, Nopal, Tuna, Agave, Sisal Verde, Aloe Vera and Pastures. **Regulating Services** Cd. Victoria has a large number of different types of vegetation, from evergreens to semi desert vegetation that provide an unlimited number of ecosystems. Air quality is good but the weather conditions are extreme reaching 40 degrees Celsius in summer, with extreme rainfall in August. Actually There aré some Floods due to the construction of housing developments in the mountains causing this problems **Habitat or Supporting services** Has a many variety of species because It city is surrounded by mountains called "Sierra Madre Oriental". Also many of the villages next to Cd. Victoria has this variety of biodiversity as Gómez Farías with the natural reserve "El Cielo" and Jaumave with many diversity of ecosistems. ![Biodiversidad][2] [1]: http://turismotamaulipas.com/verano/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/presa_vicente.jpg [2]: http://dinamo.azteca.com/static/iquality.php?img=http://cdn.kaltura.com/p/923261/thumbnail/entry_id/0_mu7fzwvt/quality/80/width//height//src_x//src_y//src_w/NeuN/src_h/NeuN/vid_sec/0.jpg