since 1940 for 70 years
The explosion occured April 20th. So it's been 3 months.
Costa Rica is not on the Gulf of Mexico.
The oil spill has required immediate inspection by the MMS and USCG of all drilling rigs currently operating in the gulf. See related links. No new drilling permits are being issued for the Gulf of Mexico. The latest initiative to open up more exploration areas in the Gulf of Mexico and the eastern Atlantic coast line is suspended, while the accident is being investigated. Further, a spill of this magnitude makes people aware that exploratory drilling has risks. The long term affect may depend on what is revealed after a complete investigation of the accident, and if procedures can be put into place to prevent blowouts of this nature in the future.
The Mississippi River empties into the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana.
which latin American country shares with the United States a long coastline on the Gulf of Mexico
because the Gulf of Mexico is very close to the coastline and so that why they share it
Only Mexico does.
The Mississippi river starts in northern Minnesota, at lake Itasca. Then it flows south and empties into the Gulf of Mexico. (It is debated if the Mississippi runs into the Missouri river or if the Missouri runs into the Mississippi river.)
69 years
The average depth of the Gulf of Mexico is 1,615 m.
The Gulf of Mexico
It is a total of 21 hours and 54 minutes, or 1343.31 miles. This is if you are driving to Grand Isle, Lousiana, which dips down into the Gulf of Mexico.