Saint-Petersburg State University Faculty of International Relations Author : Artem Yalunin The 6 th English Group Saint-Petersburg 2013 Saint-Petersburg State University Faculty of International Relations Author : Artem Yalunin The 6 th English Group Geography of the USA Saint-Petersburg 2013

Content :  The General Map Of The USA  The Main Information About USA’s Geography  Area Features  Borders  Climate  Terrain & Natural Resources  The Main Cities  Different Maps

 The United States is a country in the Northern Hemisphere, Western Hemisphere, and the Eastern Hemisphere. It consists of forty-eight contiguous states in North America, Alaska, a peninsula which forms the northwestern most part of North America, and Hawaii, an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean. There are several United States territories in the Pacific and Caribbean. The term "United States", when used in the geographical sense, means the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands of the United States. The country shares land borders with Canada and Mexico and maritime (water) borders with Russia, Cuba, and the Bahamas in addition to Canada and Mexico. The Main Information About USA’s Geography

Area Ranked 4 th 9,629,091km 2 (3,717,813 sq mi) 97.77% land 2.23% water

Coastline - 19,920 km (12,380 mi) Borders CanadaCanada: 8,893 km (5,526 mi) Mexico: 3,327 km (2,067 mi) Mexico

West: mostly semi- arid to desert, Mountains: alpine, Northeast: humid continental, Southeast: humid subtropical, Coast of California: Mediterranean, Pacific Northwest: cool temperate oceanic, Alaska: mostly subarctic, Hawaii: tropical. Climate

Vast central plain, mountains in west, hills and low mountains in east; rugged mountains and broad river valleys in Alaska; rugged, volcanic topography in Hawaii Terrain Coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, rare earth elements, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber Natural Resources

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