Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Hanyar wucewa: Gabas, arewa, da arewa maso yammacin tekun Gulf of Mexico suna kusa da jihohin Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, da Texas na Amirka. Yankin Amurka na gabar tekun Gulf ya kai mil 1,680 (kilomita 2,700), yana karɓar ruwa daga manyan koguna 33 waɗanda ke kwashe jihohi 31. Yankin kudu maso yamma da kudancin Tekun Gulf suna kusa da jihohin Mexico na Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán, da kuma arewacin arewacin Quintana Roo. Yankin Mexico na gabar tekun Gulf yana da nisan mil 1,743 (kilomita 2,805). A gefen kudu maso gabashin yankin Gulf yana da iyaka da Cuba. Yana tallafawa manyan masana'antun kamun kifi na Amurka, Mexico da Cuba. Yankin waje na manyan filayen nahiyar Yucatán da Florida suna karɓar ruwan sanyi, mai wadataccen abinci mai gina jiki daga zurfin ta hanyar aikin da ake kira upwelling, wanda ke haifar da haɓakar plankton a cikin yankin euphotic. Wannan yana jawo kifi, shrimp, da squid. Ruwa na kogi da iska mai iska daga biranen masana'antu na bakin teku suna ba da abinci mai gina jiki ga yankin bakin teku.  Tambaya: Waɗanne jihohi ne ke kewaye da Gulf?
Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán, da kuma ƙarshen arewacin Quintana Roo