Gulf Of Mexico Facts You Must Know   On the Eastern coast of North America lies a large body of water, separated from the Atlantic Ocean. Ju...

Gulf Of Mexico Facts You Must Know

 

On the Eastern coast of North America lies a large body of water, separated from the Atlantic Ocean. Just North of the Caribbean Sea lies the Gulf of Mexico, an important location that is of immense importance to mankind.

It is surrounded to the West by the Mexican Yucatan and Veracruz regions, to the North by the United States, to the East by the Caribbean islands and Cuba, and to the South by the tapering Mexican mainland.

The Gulf of Mexico is divided into seven regions based on geographical and geological conditions:

1. The main Gulf of Mexico basin (Sigsbee Abyssal Plains and the Mississippi cone),
2. The North East Gulf of Mexico (Apalachee bay),
3. The South Florida Continental Shelf and Slope (Keys and Dry Tortugas),
4. The Campeche Bank (Yucatan straits and Arrecife Alacran),
5. The Bay of Campeche (Veracruz),
6. The Western Gulf of Mexico, and
7. The North-West Gulf of Mexico.