GULF OF See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• GULF OF MEXICO

MEXICO  , a mediterranean gulf almost surrounded by the coasts of the See also:

• UNITED

United States and See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico, and forming the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the See also:

• EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension westward of the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• ATLANTIC

Atlantic See also:

• TRENCH, RICHARD CHENEVIX (1807-1886)

trench (see ATLANTIC OCEAN) . Its See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern boundary is defined by the partly submerged See also:

• RIDGE (a word. common to many Teutonic languages, meaning " back," whether of a man or an animal, cf. German Rucke)
• RIDGE, WILLIAM PETT (1864- )

ridge which extends eastwards from the See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula of See also:

• YUCATAN

Yucatan, and on which the See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of See also:

• CUBA (the aboriginal name)

Cuba is situated: to the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east it communicates directly with the Atlantic by the Strait of See also:

• FLORIDA

Florida . On the western See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of Yucatan a southerly embayment is formed by the Gulf of Campeachy . The United States See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast closely follows the parallel of 30° N., while the parallel of 200 N. cuts across the Gulf of Campeachy: the greatest length—See also:

• VERA, AUGUSTO (1813-1885)

Vera Cruz to . Florida—is 1120 m., and greatest width—See also:

• GALVESTON

Galveston to Campeachy—68o m . The See also:

• TOTAL

total See also:

• AREA

area is approximately 716,000 sq. in . The deepest See also:

• PART

part of the Gulf of Mexico, the so-called " Sigsbee deep, lies below the See also:

• LINE

line of 2000 fathoms, between 23° and 251° N., and 842° to 95° W . It is widest to the west, where the breadth is about 120 m., and narrows to 25 M. at its greatest See also:

• DEPTH

depth (2119 fathoms) between 86° and 88° W., widening again to some 8o m. farther eastward . The See also:

• CONTINENTAL

continental shelf is for the most part narrow: its breadth is 6 m. at Cape Florida, 120 M. along the west coast of Florida, ro m. at the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south pass of the See also:

• MISSISSIPPI

Mississippi, 130 M. near the boundary of See also:

• TEXAS

Texas and See also:

• LOUISIANA

Louisiana, and 15 M. off Vera Cruz . The shores are See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low, sandy and marshy, the coast-line being frequently doubled by lagoons . There are no islands except the " Keys " of Florida and Yucatan, and Cuba . The tides in the Gulf of Mexico are of comparatively small range (springs rarely exceed 4 ft. and neaps 21 ft.), but a remarkable feature is the exaggeration of the diurnal inequality to such an extent as almost to extinguish the semi-diurnal See also:

• TIDE (O. Eng. lid, cf. Ger. Zeit, time or season, connected with root of Sanskrit a-diti, endless)

tide in the inner parts of the gulf, giving high and low See also:

• WATER

water only once daily .

The mean level of the water in the Gulf of Mexico was formerly given as about 40 in . .above that of mean See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level at New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, but later reports on precise levellings from New York to See also:

• BILOXI

Biloxi through St See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis describe it vaguely as " some-what higher." The current See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement in the Gulf of Mexico consists of a rotational movement in the direction of the hands of a See also:

• WATCH (in O. Eng. wcecce, a keeping guard or watching, from wacian, to guard, watch, wacan, to wake)

watch, the See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the See also:

• EQUATORIAL

equatorial current which enters the Caribbean Sea passing into the Gulf by the Strait of Yucatan and issuing from it by the Strait of Florida as the Gulf Stream, which unites with the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of the northward moving water, forming the See also:

• ANTILLES

Antilles current . From See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March to See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September the prevailing winds are the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-east trades; these undergo considerable modification on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the configuration of the surrounding See also:

• LAND

land, and the rains which accompany them are interrupted by spells of See also:

• CALM

calm thickweather, and rarely by northerly winds known as Nortek del hueso See also:

• COLORADO

colorado and Chocolateros . In the colder dry See also:

• SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season, from See also:

• OCTOBER

October to See also:

• APRIL

April, the See also:

• CLIMATIC

climatic situation is dominated by the relatively high temperature of the See also:

• SURFACE

surface of the gulf, causing a cyclonic inflow of See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air which is associated with the strong northerly winds or " northers " prevailing on the western side, more particularly along the Mexican coast . The northers sometimes See also:

• BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

blow with terrific force and are at times accompanied by See also:

• RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

rain . The See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form and position of the Gulf of Mexico exercise a profound See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence on the See also:

• CLIMATE

climate of the whole of the southern and south-eastern states of the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union, and indeed of the greater part of North See also:

• AMERICA

America . (H . N .