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Bi-National Socioeconomic Handbook 2018 “Laredos Region“
Soil and Atmospheric Conditions
of the Region
Hydrography Weather
The Rio Bravo or Grande of the North is the main water According to weather classification, Nuevo Laredo is
source of the region and has two major streams: El located in a region of dry-steppe weather, with some of
Coyote, in the south and Las Alazanas, in the northwest. the conditions that characterize the steppe as a natural
A notable geographical feature of Laredo, Texas is the region.
Lake Casa Blanca at the Lake Casa Blanca International
State park. It is characterized by being dry and extreme, with large
temperature swings ranging from -3 ° C in winter to 46 °
Topography C in summer.
The Region is part of what is called physiographically
Province of the Great Plains of North America, whose The month in which is recorded the higher temperatures
main features are the presence of vast plains interrupted is August and the coldest month is January. Its annual
by scattered low hills of gentle slopes and constituted average rainfall is 472.5 mm³ and the prevailing winds
dominantly by conglomeratic material, that is to say that come from the south.
presents a half plane relief and does not record important
heights or depressions.
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