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Mexico City sinks into the ground

06.01.2011

The German scientific satellite TerraSAR-X, launched in 2007, is capable of conducting radar of the earth's surface with a resolution of up to one meter.

Maps of the Mexican capital built according to his data showed that most areas of the huge city (population with suburbs about 18 million people) sink into the ground. In just four months, from September 2009 to January 2010, in places there was a subsidence of 10 centimeters. This is due to the pumping of underground water to supply the townspeople.

It is not yet clear whether the previous level of the soil is restored after a season of heavy rains replenishing underground reservoirs.

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