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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 sea of the Pacific Ocean that separates the Baja California peninsula from the Mexican mainland.
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 California to the west. There are two schools of thought as to the origin of the gulf.
Gulf of California, off the coast of Baja California Sur. The head of the gulf is dominated by the large Colorado River Delta through which the Colorado River drains into the Gulf.
The Gulf of California owes its deepness to the complex geology of the region, which is intricately linked to plate tectonics. Over the last 60 million years, the gulf basin has continued to subside or deepen, especially along its northern edges.
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 that is in between the Baja California Peninsula and Mexican mainland.
Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California. The site comprises 244 islands, islets and coastal areas that are located in the Gulf of California in north-eastern Mexico. The Sea of Cortez and its islands have been called a natural laboratory for the investigation of speciation.
The Gulf of California, between Baja California and mainland Mexico, formed through rifting much faster than other ocean basins have.
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 northwestern Mexico. Often referred to as the "Aquarium of the World," this region is a global marine conservation treasure.
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 the coast of mainland Mexico; the Gulf apparently bisects the crystalline belt longitudinally.
The Gulf of California, also known as the Sea of Cortés or Sea of Cortez, or less commonly as the Vermilion Sea, is a marginal sea of the Pacific Ocean that separates the Baja California peninsula from the Mexican mainland.