Geography

              The republic of Mexico with it's 31 states take about 780,000 square miles. Mexico is within the top ten when it comes to the worlds largest nation. It ranks eight in the world. The nation is located south of the US, northwest of Guatemala, and west of Belize. Mexico is unique with its landmass tilted south towards the equator. To the east and west of Mexico lie the Pacific ocean and the Gulf of Mexico as well as the sea of Cortez.
           Most of Northern Mexico is divided into two deserts. The Chihuahuan desert is the largest of the two and covers about 176,700 sq. miles. The other is called the Sonoran desert. Both as a whole is located in the northwestern part of the nation as well as the peninsula.    
         Central and northern Mexico are divided between coastal ranges on the east and west as well as mountain ranges located to the north south. Within the mountain ranges are the high central plateaus. They are known as the Altiplano Central.  It is divided still by both northern and central sections. Both are filled with hills an valleys that vary in elevation.
          To the south of Mexico are the more rain forest like atmosphere. This is where the heavy rain is expected yo be the land of the active and inactive volcanoes.
         
                    The climate in Mexico is a very divers one that depending on where you are could be very nice and pleasant or dread full. In the north west of Mexico is probably the driest of all. It gets very hot during the summer, yet cold northern winds bring in the cold breeze during the winter. the more one travels inland the colder and drier it gets. The wet and humid seasons fall between the months of June and September.