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Vegetation is diverse and quite rich in species (about 12 thousand species of higher plants, two thirds of them - endemic). The northern (greater) part of the Mexican Highlands is dominated by semi-deserts and deserts with a peculiar xerophilous flora, as well as mimosa shrubs. Vegetation of the southern part of the plateau and the coastal lowlands that frame it, mainly savannah, consisting of grass cover and thickets of thorny shrubs. Deciduous and mixed forests (oak, hornbeam, linden, pine, fir and others) predominate in the mountains bordering the highlands. In the southern and southeastern part of Mexico grow mostly tropical forests, on the eastern slopes - moist evergreens, on the western - dry, mostly coniferous, at the foot of the mountains - deciduous.

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The river network in the south-east is dense, in the north-west it is very sparse. In some parts of the arid Mexican Highlands, as well as on the limestone Yucatan Peninsula, there is no surface runoff. In the southeast, rivers are short, fast-flowing, heavily saturated with water, especially in summer, and have large reserves of energy. Northwest rivers are longer but shallower, and most of them lose water in the lower reaches due to the dry climate and are used for irrigation. Their regime depends on irregular rainfall.
The largest rivers: the border with the United States Rio Grande (Rio Bravo del Norte) with tributaries Conchos and Lerma, in the lower reaches (after leaving Lake Chapala) is called Rio Grande de Santiago, Balsas, river system Grihalva - Usumasinta

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The climate of most of Mexico is tropical, in the north - subtropical, very variable depending on the nature of the terrain. From the east and west, the territory of Mexico is penetrated by humid tropical air masses, which abundantly irrigate the windy slopes of the mountains. The northwestern part of the country is not protected from winds blowing from the central parts of North America, and has a dry continental climate.
The average January temperature ranges from 10 ° C in the northwest to 25 ° C in the south. Due to the pe*******on of cold air in the north of the Mexican Highlands, frosts down to −20 ° C occur. The average July temperature ranges from 15 ° C in the highlands of the Highlands to 30 ° C on the Gulf Coast. Annual precipitation ranges from 100 to 200 mm in the north and on the windward slopes of the southern mountains to 2,000 to 3,000 mm on the southern slopes.

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The California peninsula is formed by mountain ranges 800-1000 m high (the highest altitude is 3078 m). The southern part of the country is separated from the Mexican highlands by the basin of the Balsas River, to the south of which lies the mountainous region of the Southern Sierra Madre, which consists of 3,000 m high mountains. the east occupies almost the entire Yucatan Peninsula. Continuation of the mountain elevations in the south is the volcanic massif of Chiapas and the ridge of the Southern Sierra Madre (3703 m).

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Much of Mexico is occupied by the Mexican Highlands with coastal lowlands that frame it, the California Highlands in the northwest, the Chiapas and South Sierra Madre Mountains in the south, and the Yucatan Lowlands in the southeast. The Mexican plateau has a predominant altitude of 1,000 to 2,000 m, and consists of numerous wide flat accumulative basins (bolsons) and separate, mostly short, ridges. The edges of the plateau are elevated and form high ridges with steep outer and gentle inner slopes: Eastern Sierra Madre (altitude 4054 m), Western Sierra Madre (3150 m) and Transverse Volcanic Sierra in the south with active volcanoes Orissaba (5700 m), Popocatepetl (5452 m), Kolyma (3846 m) and others.

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Mexico ranks first in America and 7th in the world in the number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Mexico is the world's 5th most diverse biodiversity country in terms of natural biodiversity. Mexico receives a significant number of tourists each year; in 2018 it was the 6th most visited country in the world with 39 million visitors [24]. Mexico is a member of the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the G8 + 5, the G20, and the Pacific Alliance.

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Mexico is a developing country and ranks 76th in the human development index, but a number of analyzes consider it a newly industrialized country. The country has the 15th largest economy in the world in terms of nominal GDP and the 11th largest in terms of GDP, the largest economic partner of which is the United States [17] [18]. The large economy, territory, population and politics make Mexico a regional power. However, Mexico continues to fight social inequality, poverty and large-scale crime; the country ranks low in the global peace index [19]. Since 2006, conflict between the government and drug syndicates has killed more than 120,000 people.

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The ineffective Texas War of Independence of 1836 and the Mexican-American War resulted in massive territorial losses in sparsely populated northern Mexico. Post-war reforms that protected indigenous peoples and reduced the power of the military and the church were enshrined in the 1857 Constitution. This led to a war for reform and French military intervention. Maximilian I of Habsburg was appointed emperor of Mexico by France, and Benito Juarez opposed the republican government in exile. The following decades were marked by the instability and dictatorship of Porfirio Diaz, who sought to modernize Mexico and restore order. Porphyry culminated in the Mexican Revolution of 1910 and the victory of the Constitutionalist faction that drafted the new 1917 Constitution. The revolutionary generals of the northern branch of the faction predominated in the 1920s and served as presidents, but the assassination of Alvaro Obregon in 1928 led to the formation of the Institutional Revolutionary Party in 1929, in which Mexico was a one-party state until 2000.

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Pre-Columbian Mexico dates back to about 8000 BC. BC and is considered one of the six cradles of civilization [6]. Its territory was home to many advanced Mesoamerican tribes, especially the Maya and Aztecs. In 1521, the Spanish Empire conquered and colonized the territory from its base in Mexico City, which later became known as New Spain. The Catholic Church has played an important role in the Christianization of millions of indigenous peoples. The local population was actively used to extract rich deposits of precious material, which became the main source of wealth for the Spaniards [7]. Mexico became an independent state after the successful Mexican War of Independence against Spain in 1821

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Mexico (Spanish: México [ˈmexiko] (listen); Mexico City, Nahuatl Mēxihco) It is bordered on the north by the United States of America; in the south and west it is washed by the Pacific Ocean; in the southeast - with Guatemala, Belize and the Caribbean; in the east - washed by the Gulf of Mexico [4]. Covering an area of ​​1,972,550 km2, it is the 13th largest country in the world, with about 128,649,565 inhabitants, making it the 10th most populous country in the world and the most populous Spanish-speaking country. Mexico is a federal constitutional republic consisting of 31 states and one federal district around the capital, Mexico City, which is also the country's largest metropolis. Other major urban areas include Guadalajara, Monterrey, Puebla, Toluca, Tijuana, Ciudad Juarez and Leon

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