| Show U P S mexico boundary line 1833 miles long the boundary line between the united states and mexico was established by treaties ades in ISIS 18 IS and 1853 and Is 13 1833 miles in length 1136 of which are covered by the rio illo grande from the gulf ulf of mexico inland observes a writer in ill the indianapolis news un der the gadsden treaty of IS it the line Is formed on the northeast by the RIO isio grande from its mouth up to ciudad on oil the lexicon side opposite rl paso I aso texas it then extends illel with latitude 32 to about longitude parallel KIS degrees 40 minutes where li it drops to I 1 iset whence it extends in a ParRI parrilee lel line to nogales Nogi iles then northwest to lo near the confluence of the rio win aln with the colorado and then due wc to the I 1 icino terminating a little litile to the south of san diego calif medicos cos maximum length Is IWO 1050 niiles mile extreme width azo miles narrowest polut point the isthmus ts of techuan miles atlantic coastline 1727 miles pacific coastline miles it Is about three times as large ns as austria hungary and nearly four times as large as france or elial in extent to great britain and ireland france lr ance germany nod and austria combined exclusive of a number of out lian li ins small email islands its area Is about ag i ii square miles it is bounded on the east by the gulf of mexico awl and it the caribbean sea on the south anil and southwest by guatemala and british honduras on the west and southwest by the pacific raci iro ocean and on the north by the united states |
