How Well Do You Know Basic U.S. Geography?

The Gulf of Mexico covers an area of 615,000 square miles bordering Mexico, Cuba and the US States of Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, and Florida. The Gulf was formed as a result of the movements of Tectonic Plates over 300 million years ago. The Gulf of Mexico is 930 miles wide and oval in shape with approximately half being made up of shallow continental shelf waters.