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How would North America be different if the Gulf of Mexico was a landmass?
Imagine North America the way it is now. In particular, I'm talking about the US and Mexico in particular.
There is one major exception, the Gulf of Mexico is land, not seawater. Well, for starters, Texas would be a land locked state.
How else would the climate, biomes, and fauna be different if the Gulf of Mexico were terrestrial?
2 Answers
- USAFisnumber1Lv 710 months ago
The Gulf heats up the water that goes up the Atlantic sea board. Without it the water on the east coast would be as cold as the water on the west coast. The weather would be colder and Europe would be VERY cold as it is warmed by the Gulf Stream. Other than the east coast the rest of the USA would not see much change as the weather for most of it comes from the Pacific.
- StarryskyLv 711 months ago
Think central Russia. Far from large water bodies, dry, cold, bitter winters. Canada would be devastated, the USA great plains wheat and corn belt growing seasons will be so much shorter, production would plummet.
Now the border with Mexico and Central America will be much longer, harder to block migration.
