SSC
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
Question
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Gulf of Mexico
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Gulf of California
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Arctic Ocean
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Dead Sea
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Gulf of Mexico (Spanish: Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, largely surrounded by the North American continent.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Gulf formed about 300 million years ago, and in all it encompasses 600, 000 square miles. Not only does it border five U.S. states – Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida– but the Gulf of Mexico also borders Cuba and part of Mexico.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Gulf of Mexico borders the southeastern coast of North America. It is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the Straits of Florida, running between the peninsula of Florida and the island of Cuba, and to the Caribbean Sea by the Yucatán Channel, which runs between the Yucatán Peninsula and Cuba.