Gulf of California - Wikipedia
The Gulf of California (Spanish: Golfo de California), also known as the Sea of Cortés (Mar de Cortés) or Sea of Cortez, or less commonly as the Vermilion Sea (Mar Vermejo), is a marginal …
Gulf of California | Map, Depth, History, & Facts | Britannica
Gulf of California, large inlet of the eastern Pacific Ocean along the northwestern coast of Mexico. It is enclosed by the Mexican mainland to the east and by the mountainous peninsula of Baja …
Gulf Of California - WorldAtlas
Jul 14, 2021 · The Gulf of California separates the mountainous Lower California Peninsula/Baja California Peninsula in the west from the states of Sonora and Sinaloa on the mainland of …
Gulf of California - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Gulf of California (also called Sea of Cortez or Sea of Cortés; and nearby is known in the Spanish language as Mar de Cortés or Mar Bermejo or Golfo de California) is an area of water …
Why is the Gulf of California so deep? - Geographic Pedia - NCESC
Jun 28, 2024 · Located in Northwestern Mexico, the Gulf of California, also known as the Sea of Cortez, is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean. Spanning approximately 160,000 square …
Geology and tectonic history of the Gulf of California
The Gulf of California, or Sea of Cortez, is an arm of the Pacific 100 to 150 km wide between the Mexican mainland and the 1,200-km-long peninsula of Baja California.
Origin of the Gulf of California | U.S. Geological Survey - USGS.gov
The California batholith of mid-Cretaceous age and allied crystalline rocks form the basement of Baja California, southwestern Arizona, and northwestern Sonora and probably extend along …
Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California
As a serial property, Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California includes representative components of all major oceanographic zones of the biogeographically diverse Gulf, thereby...
Gulf of California: A World Heritage Site of Ecological Marvels
Jun 18, 2024 · The Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California, a World Heritage serial property, represent the diverse and vibrant oceanographic zones of the Gulf of California in …
Gulf of California - WWF
Between Mexico’s mainland and the Baja California Peninsula lies the Gulf of California, a mystical frontier of splendid coastlines and turquoise waters. But overfishing, pollution and …