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Geography of Mexico

Mexico is considered to be a vast nation because of its total area. Its total land area is 1,964,375 km² (approx. 758,446 mi²). Continental shelf of Mexico is approximately 419,102 km² (around 161,815 mi²). Mexico is located in North America. North America is found entirely in the Northern hemisphere and almost entirely in the Western hemisphere. North American countries include, but are not limited to, Canada, Mexico, and The United States. Mexico has 3 neighbouring countries. Its neighbours include Belize, Guatemala, United States. Mexico is not a landlocked country. It means that is is bordered by at least one major body of water. The average elevation range of Mexico is 1,111 m (3,645 ft).

Neighbors

Total length of land borders of Mexico is 4389 kilometers (~1,695 miles). Mexico shares its land borders with 3 different countries, and has the same number of unique land boundaries to neigbouring territories. As in the case of Mexico, if a country has the same number of unique neighboring territories as number of land borders, than that country has no non-contiguous sections of a land border. This is in contrast to several countries that have multiple non-contiguous sections of land borders. Mexico has 3 neighbouring countries. Its neighbours include Belize, Guatemala, and United States. The lengths of the land borders of Mexico with its neighbouring countries are as follows:

Cities

The capital city of Mexico is Mexico City. The largest city in Mexico is Mexico City.

Elevation

The average elevation range of Mexico is 1,111 m (3,645 ft). The highest point of Mexico is Volcán Citlaltépetl (Pico de Orizaba), with its official height being 5636 m (18,492 ft). The lowest point of Mexico is Laguna Salada. It lies at -10 m (-33 ft), i.e. below the sea level. The elevation difference between the highest (Volcán Citlaltépetl (Pico de Orizaba)) and lowest (Laguna Salada) points of Mexico is 5646 m (2 ft).

Area

The total land area of Mexico is 1,964,375 km² (approx. 758,446 mi²). and the total exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is 3,269,386 km² (~1,262,311 mi²). The continental shelf of Mexico is approximately 419,102 km² (around 161,815 mi²). Including land mass and EEZ, the total area of Mexico is approximately 5,233,761 km² (~2,020,757 mi²). Mexico is considered to be a vast nation because of its total area.

Forest and arable land

710,000 km² of Mexico's territory is covered in forests, and forest land comprises 36% of all the land in the country. There are 243,457 km² of arable land in Mexico, and it comprises 12% of the country's total territory.

Read our section on climate to discover what parameters affect these and other biomes of the country.

Natural resources

The most notable natural resources found in Mexico are petroleum, silver, copper, gold, lead, zinc, natural gas, timber.