It is a place name that could just as easily be called the Gulf of Florida, or the Gulf of Cuba (which separates it from the Caribbean Sea). It happened to be named for the western shore, which includes Yucatan and Texas (once part of Mexico).
The SW corner, west of Yucatan, is called the Bay of Campeche (sometimes more specifically applied to the Yucatan side of the Gulf of Campeche).
A gulf is an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land, and larger larger than a bay. The Gulf of Mexico is larger than a bay, is an arm of the ocean, and is partly enclosed by land, making it a gulf.
A gulf is an arm of a sea or ocean partly enclosed by land, and larger larger than a bay. The Gulf of Mexico is larger than a bay, is an arm of the ocean, and is partly enclosed by land, making it a gulf.
It is a large body of water enclosed by the Yucatan and Florida peninsulas, in North America. It is connected to the Atlantic Ocean and is one of the largest Gulfs in the world.
Because it is too big to be a bay. Think of a Gulf as the "great brother" of a bay. Besides, the Gulf of Mexico is one of the largest in the world.
Texas was originally part of Mexico, and as Mexico was an older country, it was called the Gulf of Mexico. It stuck
Actually the Gulf of Mexico is considered a sea and a section of the Atlantic Ocean. IT is the ninth largest body of water in the world. Considered a smaller part of the Atlantic Ocean
because Mexico surrounds the sea water
The Gulf of Mexico touches Texas and Florida.
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The Gulf of Mexico is almost 10 times larger, stretching from Texas to Florida and south to Yucatan and Cuba. Numerically, the Gulf of Mexico is about 600,000 square miles in area, the Gulf of California only about 62,000 square miles.
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The Gulf of Mexico is bigger.
There is a gulf EAST of Mexico. West of Mexico is the Pacific Ocean.
The Gulf of Mexico, considered one of the biggest in the world in terms of area.
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