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Why is the waves not as big in the Gulf of Mexico as in the Atlantic Ocean?
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∙ 13y ago
Because it is protected by the Florida and Yucatan peninsulas. Think of the Gulf of Mexico as a large bay, protected from the open sea by such landforms.
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What are the two bodies of water that surround Florida?
the two bodys of water surrounding Florida? The Atlantic Ocean on the East and the Gulf of Mexico on the West.
What ocean borders Texas?
The Gulf of Mexico is an extension of the Atlantic ocean which can be reached via the Florida Straits and by way of the Caribbean Sea.
What ocean is the gulf of Florida?
Key West is in the Gulf of Mexico.
What ocean is around Tampa Fl?
The Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.
What two bodies of water border Mexico's east coast?
The Pacific Ocean is to the west. However, the Gulf of California is between the Mexican mainland and the Baja Peninsula. To the east is the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea which both lead into the Atlantic Ocean.
What Ocean is nearest to Texas?
The country of U.S.A.'s state of Texas touches and is closest to the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf of Mexico is just southeast of Texas, and it connects to the Atlantic Ocean. The Gulf of Mexico is where most of Texas' major fisheries and offshore industries are. Along with Texas, the Gulf of Mexico also touches Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and the countries of Mexico and Cuba.
What are the most important bodies of water in the southeast region of the United States?
You are referring to the Gulf of Mexico which borders from the southern tip of Florida to the southern tip of Texas.
What ocean separates South America from north America?
Atlantic (the Gulf of Mexico)
The gulf of Mexico is part of what ocean?
The Atlantic Ocean!
What is the state that bordered by two oceans?
There is no state that borders two oceansd. Florida boards the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, but the Gulf of Mexico is not an ocean.
Is there any oceans that border Mississippi?
It borders the Gulf of Mexico which provides it with access to the Atlantic Ocean.
What body of water does the gulf of mexico flow into?
Gulf of Mexico
