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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A river flowing about 725 km (450 mi) from south-central Mexico to the Pacific Ocean.

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Examples

  • Researchers focused on the Xihuatoxtla Shelter in an area of the Balsas Valley that is home to a large, wild grass called Balsas teosinte that molecular biologists recently identified as the ancestor of maize.

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  • Additional sites can be found along the borders of the River Balsas, and intact vestiges remain covered with vegetation in the coastal areas of Coahuayana and Aquila.

    Guide to alternative tourism in Michoacán 2008

  • On April 12, 1947, the State Congress decreed the creation of the municipality "Melchor Ocampo del Balsas," and it was renamed "Lázaro Cárdenas" in 1970 in honor of the revolutionary General Lázaro Cárdenas who later served as President of the Mexican Republic.

    Introduction to Michoacán - the soul of Mexico 2008

  • Other areas of Michoacán where ceramic production became significant earlier or contemporaneously with the development of the craft in and around Lake Pátzcuaro include the areas around Zamora, Cojumatlán, Zinapécuaro, Apatzingán, Tecalpatepec, the coast and the shores of the River Balsas, Huetamo, Morelia, and Cuitzeo.

    The artesanias of Michoacan - an introduction 2008

  • Other areas of Michoacán where ceramic production became significant earlier or contemporaneously with the development of the craft in and around Lake Pátzcuaro include the areas around Zamora, Cojumatlán, Zinapécuaro, Apatzingán, Tecalpatepec, the coast and the shores of the River Balsas, Huetamo, Morelia, and Cuitzeo.

    The artesanias of Michoacan - an introduction 2008

  • On April 12, 1947, the State Congress decreed the creation of the municipality "Melchor Ocampo del Balsas," and it was renamed "Lázaro Cárdenas" in 1970 in honor of the revolutionary General Lázaro Cárdenas who later served as President of the Mexican Republic.

    Introduction to Michoacán - the soul of Mexico 2008

  • The first of these routes leads southeast towards the headwaters of the River Balsas.

    Did you know? Lots of "real" Aztec gold was only tumbaga. 2008

  • Additional sites can be found along the borders of the River Balsas, and intact vestiges remain covered with vegetation in the coastal areas of Coahuayana and Aquila.

    Guide to alternative tourism in Michoacán 2008

  • On April 12, 1947, the State Congress decreed the creation of the municipality "Melchor Ocampo del Balsas," and it was renamed "Lázaro Cárdenas" in 1970 in honor of the revolutionary General Lázaro Cárdenas who later served as President of the Mexican Republic.

    Introduction to Michoacán - the soul of Mexico 2008

  • On April 12, 1947, the State Congress decreed the creation of the municipality "Melchor Ocampo del Balsas," and it was renamed "Lázaro Cárdenas" in 1970 in honor of the revolutionary General Lázaro Cárdenas who later served as President of the Mexican Republic.

    Introduction to Michoacán - the soul of Mexico 2008

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