Geography Of Mexico

Location	Middle America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between Belize and the US and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the US
Geographic coordinates	23 00 N, 102 00 W
Map references	north_america
Area	total: 1,972,550 sq km land: 1,923,040 sq km water: 49,510 sq km
Area comparative	slightly less than three times the size of Texas
Land boundaries	total: 4,353 km border countries: Belize 250 km, Guatemala 962 km, US 3,141 km
Coastline	9,330 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin exclusive economic zone: 200 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm
Climate	varies from tropical to desert
Terrain	high, rugged mountains; low coastal plains; high plateaus; desert
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Laguna Salada -10 m highest point: Volcan Pico de Orizaba 5,700 m
Natural resources	petroleum, silver, copper, gold, lead, zinc, natural gas, timber
Land use	arable land: 12.99% permanent crops: 1.31% other: 85.7% (2001)
Irrigated land	65,000 sq km (1998 est.)
Natural hazards	tsunamis along the Pacific coast, volcanoes and destructive earthquakes in the center and south, and hurricanes on the Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean coasts
Environment - current issues	scarcity of hazardous waste disposal facilities; rural to urban migration; natural fresh water resources scarce and polluted in north, inaccessible and poor quality in center and extreme southeast; raw sewage and industrial effluents polluting rivers in urban areas; deforestation; widespread erosion; desertification; deteriorating agricultural lands; serious air and water pollution in the national capital and urban centers along US-Mexico border; land subsidence in Valley of Mexico caused by groundwater depletion note: the government considers the lack of clean water and deforestation national security issues
Environment - international agreements	party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Geography note	strategic location on southern border of US; corn (maize), one of the world's major grain crops, is thought to have originated in Mexico

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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Geography Of Mexico