BP4 QTR4:Research and Interpretation-Geography

Location: Coordinates are 23.00 North and 102.00 West Located mostly in the Southern Hemisphere. Neighboring countries are Belize 250 km, Guatemala 962 km, US 3,141 km. Mexico. has the bodies of water around it as well such as the Gulf of Mexico to its West side and the Pacific ocean to its south side.

Area: Total 1,964,375 square kilometers

Area Comparative: Mexico total area is 1,964,375 sq km compared the United States area which is 9,826,675 sq km.
Land boundaries: Total 4,353 km
Climate: Varies from tropical to desert
Terrian: High, rugged mountains; low coastal plains; high plateaus; deserts
Natural resources: Petroleum, silver, copper, gold, lead, zinc, natural gas, timber
Enviorment-Current Issues: scarcity of hazardous waste disposal facilitiesmeans that Mexico is a very dirty place. 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.
Enviorment international agreements: 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
Natural Disaters: 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