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Geographical characteristics
Mexico is a country that is located in North
America. It borders north (N) with the United
States, to the west (W) and south (S) by the
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c Ocean, to the east (E) by the Gulf of
Mexico and to the south east (SE) by Belize,
Guatemala and the Caribbean Sea. Mexico
has thirty-one states and a federal district
which is the national capital: Mexico City.
The main landforms in Mexican territory are
beaches, rivers, valleys, canyons, lagoons,
mountains, lakes and islands. There are also
different
biomes
such as deserts, forest,
steppes and jungles. Look at the following
images.
Fun challenge
Search for information about the country you would like to know. Write F
ve sentences about it and
share them with your classmates.
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Note:
T
e four cardinal directions or
cardinal points are the directions of
north, east, south and west, commonly
denoted by their initials: N, E, S, W.
T
e intermediate (intercardinal, or
ordinal) directions are northeast (NE),
southeast (SE), southwest (SW), and
northwest (NW).