Geography of Mexico

There's so much to see in Mexico -- mountains and desert, oceans and volcanoes, forests and trembling earth.  As a matter of fact, Mexico comprises 756,000 square miles of this diversity.

Let me show you a bit of what I've seen as part of my work.

A Map of Mexico

This is a map of Mexico, taken from the comic book, "Pyramids and Pig Tails."

You can click on the picture to see a larger image.

Now, to see how different the land and country within Mexico can be, take a tour with freelancer Michael Parfit.  He, his wife, and his two golden retrievers flew around Mexico for National Geographic in order to write an overview of the country.  At this Mexico Journeys web site, you can pick the area of the country you want to explore -- Tijuana and the border, the heartland, Mexico City, or Chiapas.  Come a long!

According to this next web site, if you make a line of your friends, and each of you lay down, it would take 8 million children to go around the republic of Mexico.  Can you find that many friends?  First, you can start by exploring the capital of Mexico -- Mexico City!  Then, you can explore places like Durango - which is shaped like a heart - or Queretaro -which means a "rugged or craggy place."  Can you guess what the land is like in Queretaro?

NOW YOU DO SOME EXPLORING.  BY VISITING THE SITES ABOVE, FIND 5 STATES IN MEXICO AND ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS:

• WHAT MAKES THIS STATE UNIQUE?

• WHAT IS THE LAND LIKE IN THIS STATE?

• ARE THERE PLACES TO BE IN MISSION WITH THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS STATE?

ARE YOU BEGINNING TO SEE THE DIVERSITY AND BEAUTY OF MEXICO?

If you want to see more, take a moment to look at a country profile of Mexico - you can find out more about the history, statistics, and news of this country at this web site.  Or you can find information from this neat Kids' Almanac.