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... > Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Saline Waters > Seawater > Oceans and Seas > Atlantic Ocean > Gulf of Mexico
... > Environment and Public Health > Environment > Saline Waters > Seawater > Oceans and Seas > Atlantic Ocean > Gulf of Mexico
Geographic Locations > Oceans and Seas > Atlantic Ocean > Gulf of Mexico
Physical Phenomena > Geological Phenomena > Oceans and Seas > Atlantic Ocean > Gulf of Mexico

Preferred term

Gulf of Mexico  

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  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A body of water located at the southeastern corner of North America. It is bordered by the states to the north of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas; by five Mexican states to the west: Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatan; and by Cuba to the southeast.

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-CTQ4SSCC-2

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