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- "Atlas of Mexico – River Basins (Map from book)". lib.utexas.edu. 1975. Archived from the original on 2011-11-07.
- The Prentice Hall American World Atlas, 1984.
- Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
18°15′30″N96°17′14″W / 18.25833°N 96.28722°W
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