חיפוש ברשת מילון חיפוש בפורום
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חיפוש ברשת מילון חיפוש בפורום |
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| CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
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Location: |
Middle America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between Belize and the US and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the US |
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Geographic coordinates: |
23 00 N, 102 00 W |
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Map references: |
North America |
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Area: |
total: 1,972,550 sq km
land: 1,923,040 sq km water: 49,510 sq km |
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Area - comparative: |
slightly less than three times the size of Texas |
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Land boundaries: |
total: 4,353 km
border countries: Belize 250 km, Guatemala 962 km, US 3,141 km |
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Coastline: |
9,330 km |
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Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin |
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Climate: |
varies from tropical to desert |
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Terrain: |
high, rugged mountains; low coastal plains; high plateaus; desert |
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Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Laguna Salada -10 m
highest point: Volcan Pico de Orizaba 5,700 m |
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Natural resources: |
petroleum, silver, copper, gold, lead, zinc, natural gas, timber |
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Land use: |
arable land: 12.99%
permanent crops: 1.31% other: 85.7% (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
65,000 sq km (1998 est.) |
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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 |
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Environment - current issues: |
scarcity of hazardous waste disposal facilities; rural to urban migration; natural fresh water 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
note: the government considers the lack of clean water and deforestation national security issues |
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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 |
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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 |
More about Mexico:
| CIA World Factbook 2005 | הורד מילון בבילון 9 למחשב שלך |
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Location: |
Middle America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between Belize and the US and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the US |
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Geographic coordinates: |
23 00 N, 102 00 W |
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Map references: |
North America |
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Area: |
total: 1,972,550 sq km
land: 1,923,040 sq km water: 49,510 sq km |
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Area - comparative: |
slightly less than three times the size of Texas |
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Land boundaries: |
total: 4,353 km
border countries: Belize 250 km, Guatemala 962 km, US 3,141 km |
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Coastline: |
9,330 km |
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Maritime claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin |
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Climate: |
varies from tropical to desert |
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Terrain: |
high, rugged mountains; low coastal plains; high plateaus; desert |
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Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Laguna Salada -10 m
highest point: Volcan Pico de Orizaba 5,700 m |
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Natural resources: |
petroleum, silver, copper, gold, lead, zinc, natural gas, timber |
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Land use: |
arable land: 12.99%
permanent crops: 1.31% other: 85.7% (2001) |
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Irrigated land: |
65,000 sq km (1998 est.) |
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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 |
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Environment - current issues: |
scarcity of hazardous waste disposal facilities; rural to urban migration; natural fresh water 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
note: the government considers the lack of clean water and deforestation national security issues |
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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 |
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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 |
More about Mexico: