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GENERAL INDICATORS
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Climate: varies from tropical to desert.Terrain: high, rugged mountains; low coastal plains; high plateaus; desert.Elevation extremes:lowest point: Laguna Salada -10 mhighest point: Pico de Orizaba volcano 5,610 mNatural resources: petroleum, silver,... |
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ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
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Mexico faces significant environmental challenges affecting almost every section of the country. Vast expanses of southern and southeastern tropical forests have been denuded for cattle-raising and agriculture. For example, tropical forests covered a... |
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CLIMATE
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The Tropic of Cancer effectively divides the country into temperate and tropical zones. Land north of the twenty-fourth parallel experiences cooler temperatures during the winter months. South of the twenty-fourth parallel, temperatures are fairly co... |
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SEISMIC ACTIVITY
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Situated atop three of the large tectonic plates that constitute the Earth's surface, Mexico is one of the most seismologically active regions on earth. The motion of these plates causes earthquakes and volcanic activity.Most of the Mexican landmass ... |
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PHYSICAL FEATURES
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The Sierra Madre Oriental starts at the Big Bend region of the border with the U.S. state of Texas and continues 1,350 kilometers until reaching Cofre de Perote, one of the major peaks of the Cordillera Neovolcánica. As is the case with the Sierra Ma... |
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GEOGRAPHY OF MEXICO
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Mexico is located between latitudes 14° and 33°N, and longitudes 86° and 119°W in the southern portion of North America. Almost all of Mexico lies in the North American Plate, with small parts of the Baja California peninsula on the Pacific and Cocos... |
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