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| 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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