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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).
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What is the gulf south of the US called?
The Gulf of Mexico.
What large body of water lies southeast of Texas?
The Gulf of Mexico touches Texas and Florida.
What are the lowlands in the southeast that border the Gulf of Mexico called?
Mexico's Gulf lowlands i think
What is The area of Texas that borders the gulf of Mexico?
The Gulf of Mexico.
What is larger gulf of California or gulf of Mexico?
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.
What is the largest gulf in Europe?
The gulf of Mexico is the largest gulf in the world.Mediteranean sea i think
What are the types of soil in the gulf of Mexico?
it's not called soil:it's called sandthere is no "sand" or "soil" in the gulf of Mexico
What was the strip of land called that was along the gulf of Mexico?
It is the Gulf Coast.
Bodies of water and landforms such as the gulf of Mexico?
bodies of water and landforms such as the gulf of MEXICO is called
What body of water is between Florida and Texas?
what does it mean is the point of putting the answer
What bay borders Mexico?
A large enough bay is often called a gulf. In that case, Mexico is bordered by two gulfs: the Gulf of Mexico as well as the Gulf of California.
Which is bigger the Gulf of Mexico or the Gulf of California?
The Gulf of Mexico is bigger.
