Mexico Capital – Mexico City 9 Million people – second largest in the world

Physical Geography

Physical features West - Sierra Madre Occidental Mts. East – Sierra Madre Oriental Mts. South – Sierra Madre Del Sur Mts North – Rio Grande River Central – Mexican Plateau Southeast – Yucatan Plateau Rio Grande River

Copper Canyon Rugged, dry, mountainous Northwest

Mayan Ruins in the Yucatan Hot, humid, tropical rainforest

Climates From Northwest to Southeast Arid (Baja Peninsula), Semi-arid, highland, tropical wet-dry, tropical humid (Yucatan)

Central Mexican Plateau contains Mexico City, highest population density

Resources Gold and silver – Mountains Oil – Gulf of Mexico

Land Use Livestock raising in Mountains Farming – Commercial in central Subsistence in south