The Baja Peninsula is in Mexico.

The Baja Peninsula, also known as the California Peninsula and Baja California Peninsula, is located in northwest Mexico, between the Gulf of California and the Pacific Ocean, bordering the United States to the north, extending 1,223 kilometers from northwest to southeast, and 50 to 250 kilometers wide. , with an average width of 75 kilometers and an area of ??143,700 square kilometers, looks like the "thin arm" of the North American continent.

Because the North American Coast Mountains run through it, most of it is 500 to 1,500 meters above sea level. The terrain is high in the north and low in the south. The highest point is Encantada Peak in the north, with an altitude of 3,078 meters. The central part is volcanic, with the famous Tres-Bijnes volcano at an altitude of 1,995 meters. To the south of La Paz, the altitude drops to 250 meters. . The eastern slope of the mountain is steep and the coastal plain is narrow; the western slope is gentle and the plain is wider. The coast is winding and has many small islands. There are coral reefs along the coast. Extended information

Mexico regional location

Mexico has a territory of 1,964,375 square kilometers. It is the third largest country in Latin America, second only to Brazil and Argentina, and ranks 14th in the world. It is located in the North The southern part of America, the northwest tip of Latin America, is the only place for land transportation in South and North America. It is known as the "land bridge".

It borders the United States to the north, Guatemala and Belize to the south, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea to the east, and the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of California to the west. The coastline is 11,122 kilometers long. Among them, the Pacific coast is 7,828 kilometers, and the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean coast are 3,294 kilometers.

The east, west and south are surrounded by the Sierra Madre Mountains, the center is the Mexican Plateau, the southeast is the flat Yucatan Peninsula, and there are many long and narrow plains along the coast. It has an exclusive economic zone of 3 million square kilometers and a continental shelf of 358,000 square kilometers. The famous Isthmus of Tehuantepec connects North and Central America.

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