The most striking difference is that of the terrain: while western Mexico is quite hilly due to the Sierra Madre mountain range, the Yucatan peninsula is a flat land composed of limestone.
Yucatán is mostly flat
Just the Yucatan peninsula, in southeastern Mexico.
The Yucatan Peninsula is located on the southern tip of Mexico. The Mayan Civilization lived primarily in that area.
Both are peninsulas located in Mexico. "Baja" is the common name for the Baja California Peninsula, which protrudes from southern California and runs along north-western Mexico. Some important cities in such peninsula are Tijuana, Ensenada, Mexicali, La Paz and Los Cabos. Yucatan is the common name for the Yucatan Peninsula, which is located in south-eastern Mexico and touches the Gulf of Mexico as well as the Caribbean Sea. The most important cities in there would be Cancun, Merida, Tulum or Cozumel.
the Yucatan Peninsula
Florida is a peninsula
There are two of them. One would be the Florida peninsula in the United States; the other would be the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico. See related questions below for details on the Yucatan peninsula.
It lies on the southeastern Gulf of Mexico, on the western side of the Yucatan peninsula.
Cancun is a city in the Yucatan Peninsula. Yucatan belongs to Mexico.
Cancun is located on the eastern Yucatan Peninsula, a triangular-shaped flatland mostly composed of limestone. It is located on eastern Mexico.
The Yucatan peninsula.
Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico
There is still an area called the Yucatan Peninsula. It is in Southeastern Mexico.
The Yucatan Peninsula.
The Yucatan peninsula.
Infiernillo Strait, connecting Isla Tiburon and the western mainland on the Gulf of California.Yucatan Channel, connecting th Yucatan Peninsula and the Island of Cuba. It also acts as border between the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.
The Yucatan Peninsula is part of the country if Mexico.
The Yucatan peninsula bounds the Gulf of Mexico to its North-West and projects into the Caribbean Sea.