Geography

Mexico is bordered in the north to the United States, in the northwest to the Gulf of California, in the west to the Pacific, south to Guatemala and Belize to the east and the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Mexico takes in the southern half of Central American land bridge one. The diversity of Mexico’s landscape ranges from about wetlands and deserts of the jungle-covered plains to alpine vegetation. A large part of the country consists of a 1000-2500 m high highlands, from the Pacific and Atlantic through the mountains of the Sierra Madre Occidental and the Sierra Madre Oriental is limited. The northern part of the plateau, the 40% of Mexico’s total is only barren and sparsely populated. In the south of Highlands to be a volcanic mountain range which runs from the Sierra Volcánica in the west through the valley of Mexico after Veracruz on the east coast extends. Mighty mountains rise up here, some of which, like the 5700 m high Pico de Orizaba and Popocatepetl, volcanoes are still active. Live here 50% of the population. Continue south on the slopes and plains of the Tehuantepec isthmus sparsely populated farming is operated. The East and the Yucatan Peninsula are flat, 75% of annual precipitation falling in the area. On the northwest coast, opposite the Baja California peninsula on the southwest coast of Bahía de Campeche and on the Yucatan Peninsula, there are many lagoons and wetlands.