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fiogf49gjkf0d THIS IS THE THIRD LARGEST COUNTRY IN LATIN AMERICA, AND
COVERS AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 1,958,201 SQ.KM. BORDERED
TO THE WEST BY THE PACIFIC OCEAN, TO THE SOUTHEAST BY
BELIZE AND GUATEMALA, TO THE EAST BY THE CARIBBEAN SEA AND
THE GULF OF MEXICO AND TO THE NORTH BY THE UNITED STATES.
MEXICO'S GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES VARY GREATLY FROM REGION TO
REGION. MOST OF THE COUNTRY IS OCCUPIED BY A CENTRAL
PLATEAU, WHICH IS ENCIRCLED BY COASTAL LOWLANDS. THE
PLATEAU IS ENCLOSED BY TWO HIGH CONTINUOUS MOUNTAIN
RANGES: THE SIERRA MADRE OCCIDENTAL TO THE WEST AND THE
SIERRA MADRE ORIENTAL TO THE EAST. THE NECK OF LAND TO THE
SOUTH IS CALLED TEHUANTEPEC, WITH THE HILLS OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA TO THE NORTHWEST. THIS PLATEAU REACHES HEIGHTS
OF 900 TO 1200M IN NORTH AND BETWEEN 2100 AND 2400M IN THE
CENTER. MOUNT ORIZABA AND POPOCATEPETL ARE THE HIGHEST
PEAKS AT 5610M. AND 5365M.
THERE ARE TWO MAJOR PENINSULAS: THE YUCATAN IN THE
SOUTHEAST AND THE BAJA CALIFORNIA IN THE NORTHWEST.
TO THE SOUTH OF BAJA CALIFORNIA AND TO THE WEST OF
MANZANILLO, SITUATED IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN ARE A GROUP OF
VOLCANIC ISLANDS. THE COASTAL PLAIN OF THE GULF REGION IS
BORDERED BY, SANDBARS, SWAMPS, LAGOONS AND GOLDEN SANDY
BEACHES. THE COASTAL AREAS OF YUCATAN, ARE LOWLAND
CONTAINING A VAST AMOUNT OF LIMESTONE, SINKHOLES AND
CAVERNS.
THE COUNTRY DOES NOT POSSES MANY IMPORTANT RIVERS. TWO OF
THE MOST IMPORTANT RIVERS THE RIO GRANDE AND THE
PAPALOAPAN. LAKE CHAPALA IS MEXICO'S LARGEST LAKE WITH AN
AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 695 SQ KM.
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