!!!Mexico: Geography
||Location|North America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between Belize and the United States and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the United States
||Geographic Coordinates|23 00 N, 102 00 W[{GoogleMap location='23.0,-102.0' zoom='4'}]
||Area |''total: ''1,964,375 sq km\\''land: ''1,943,945 sq km\\''water: ''20,430 sq km__\\''We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows:\\[Factbook|https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook]: 1964375\\ [DBpedia|http://dbpedia.org]: 1972550\\ [Geoname|http://www.geonames.org]: 1972550\\ [Infoplease|http://www.infoplease.com]: 1972550\\ [Britannica|http://www.britannica.com]: 1964375\\ [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: 1964000''__\\__Attempted Explanation__: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org]
||Land boundaries|''total: ''4,353 km\\''border countries: ''Belize 250 km, Guatemala 962 km, US 3,141 km
||Coastline|9,330 km
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Laguna Salada -10 m\\''highest point: ''Volcan Pico de Orizaba 5,700 m
||Highest Mountains|__Due to difference in mountain rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\ According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]:  Pico de Orizaba  5610 m;  Popocatepetl  5452 m;  Iztaccihuatl  5286 m;  Tèyotl  4660 m;  Nevado de Toluca  4632 m\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Volcán Pico de Orizaba 5636 m; Volcán Popocatépetl 5426 m; Volcán de Colima 4330 m; Mount Tlaloc 4151 m; Cerro El Mirador 4120 m\\ \\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Mountains|Geography/America/Mexico/Geography/Important_Mountains]
||Terrain|high, rugged mountains; low coastal plains; high plateaus; desert
||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 volcanism: volcanic activity in the central-southern part of the country; the volcanoes in Baja California are mostly dormant; Colima (elev. 3,850 m), which erupted in 2010, is Mexico's most active volcano and is responsible for causing periodic evacuations of nearby villagers; it has been deemed a Decade Volcano by the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior, worthy of study due to its explosive history and close proximity to human populations; Popocatepetl (elev. 5,426 m) poses a threat to Mexico City; other historically active volcanoes include Barcena, Ceboruco, El Chichon, Michoacan-Guanajuato, Pico de Orizaba, San Martin, Socorro, and Tacana
||Natural Resource|petroleum, silver, copper, gold, lead, zinc, natural gas, timber
||Land Use|''arable land: ''12.98%\\''permanent crops: ''1.36%\\''other: ''85.66% (2011)
||Climate|varies from tropical to desert
||Irrigated Land|64,600 sq km (2009)
||Renewable Water Resources|457.2 cu km (2011)
||Environment_CurrentIssues|scarcity of hazardous waste disposal facilities; rural to urban migration; natural freshwater 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<br /><i><b>note:</b> </i>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
||Large Cities|__Due to difference in city rankings taken from two data sources we are listing here both lists :__\\According to [Wolfram|http://www.wolframalpha.com]: Mexico City; Ecatepec; Tijuana; Puebla; Guadalajara\\According to [Geonames|http://www.geonames.org]: Mexico City; Iztapalapa; Ecatepec; Guadalajara; Puebla\\\\\__Attempted Explanation:__ Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to [office@global-geography.org|mailto:office@global-geography.org] \\[Important Cities|Geography/America/Mexico/Geography/Important_Cities]
||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