Mexico is situated south of the
USA bordering on the states of
Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California. To the south lie the Central American countries of
Guatemala and
Belize. The Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea are off the east of the country with the Pacific Ocean on the west. The long narrow peninsula of
Baja California extends into the Pacific.
Two prominent mountain ranges - the
Sierra Madre Occidental and the
Sierra Madre Oriental - define northern Mexico.
Several important mountain ranges dominate the landscape of southern and southeastern Mexico. The
Sierra Madre del Sur extends 1,200 kilometers along Mexico's southern coast from the southwestern part of the
Cordillera Neovolcánica to the nearly flat isthmus of Tehuantepec.
Mexico City is the capital of Mexico, with Guadalajara ranking as the second city. Other important cities are Ciudad Juarez, Mazatlan, Mexicali, Monterrey, Puebla Merida, San Luis Potosi, Tampico, Torreon and Veracruz.
