Mexico Geography features high broken mountains, plateaus, deserts and coastal plains. It covers an area of nearly 4,538 kilometers and it has a coastline of 9,330 km.
Mexico Location
Mexico stretches from 23 degrees north and 102 degrees west. Lying in Middle America the country makes an arch towards the south east direction. The country narrows to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec and continues to the Yucatan Peninsula in the north east direction.
Mexico Time Zone
The country of Mexico follows three time zones. Nearly all the states follow the Central Standard Time. Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Baja California Sur, Sonora and Nayarit follow the Mountain Standard Time. Pacific Standard Time is used by Baja California Norte. At 2 pm on the first Sunday of the month of April the day light saving time begins. Again from the last Sunday of October Standard time is followed. Sonora in Mexico does not follow and daylight saving time.
Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico
The Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico lies on the eastern most part of the country. Water surrounds the plateau on three sides. The plateau extends to the Gulf of Mexico in the North. The plateau is touched by the waters of the Caribbean Sea in the east. Guatemala and Belize fall in the southern part of the peninsula.
Central Mexico
The central and northern parts of Mexico feature coastal plains on the eastern and western sides. There are mountain ranges which form the central plateaus which is known as Altiplano Central. Regular hills and broad valleys dominate Central Mexico.
Baja Peninsula
Baja Peninsula has four main mountain ranges which are Sierra de la Laguna, Sierra de la Giganta, Sierra de San Pedro Martir and Sierra Juarez. The sea of Cortex separates it from the main land of China. Deserts and mountains mainly comprise the peninsula.
Nestling between North and South America Mexico Geography has varied physical features.
