Borders of Mexico
shares international borders with three nations:
- To the north the United States–Mexico border, which extends for a length of through the states of Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas.
- To the southeast, the Belize–Mexico border, long, limiting the state of Quintana Roo, almost exclusively following the course of the Río Hondo.
- Also to the southeast, the Guatemala–Mexico border, measuring and touches the states of Campeche, Tabasco and Chiapas, and includes stretches of the Río Usumacinta, Río Salinas and Río Suchiate.
Maritime borders
- in the Pacific Ocean with Guatemala and the United States;
- beside the United States in the Atlantic Ocean; and alongside Belize, Cuba, and Honduras, in the Caribbean Sea.
The United States and other nations have three accords dating back to 1970, 1978, and 2000 that have established a shared maritime boundary of 785 km..