The US-Mexico border stretches for 1,954 miles from the Gulf of Mexico in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. The border separates the American states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California from the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Nuevo LeΓ³n, Coahuila, Chihuahua, Sonora, and Baja California. The Rio Grande acts as the borderline for about 1,254 miles until a point west of El Paso Texas where there are no other natural geographic barrier apart from a small stretch of the Colorado River. About 700 miles of the border consists of chain link, barbed wire, wire mesh, and post-and-rail. The current shape of the border took effect on December 30, 1853, when both countries agreed on the Gadsden Purchase. #mexico #centralamerica #southamerica #TEXAS #NewMexico #Arizona #california πΊπΈβοΈπ²π½