GENERAL GEOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Gulf of Mexico’s eastern, northern, and northwestern shores lie along the US states of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas.

Detailed explanation-2: -Florida Bay, triangular-shaped shallow body of water between the Gulf of Mexico and Biscayne Bay at the southern end of Florida, U.S. The bay, which covers about 850 square miles (2, 200 square km), is partially sheltered from the Atlantic Ocean on the south and east by the Florida Keys.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Gulf of Mexico is located below the southeastern portion of the United States. It borders the coasts of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida as well as the island of Cuba and parts of Mexico.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Gulf of Mexico is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the Straits of Florida, between Cuba and the U.S. state of Florida. It is connected to the Caribbean Sea by the Yucatán Channel, between Cuba and the Mexican peninsula of Yucatán. The Gulf of Mexico is an important economic site for all three countries.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Gulf of Mexico (GOM) is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean bordered by five states of the United States on the northern and the eastern border, five Mexican states on its western and southern border, and Cuba to the southeast (Fig. 18.1).