Areas of the United States, contact the same piece measures 2,959,064 square miles (7,663,941 square kilometers), Alaska, separated from the contiguous United States, separated by Canada, is the largest state at 663,268 square miles (1,717,856. square kilometers), Hawaii, occupying an archipelago in the Central Pacific, located in the southwest of North America, with an area of 10,931 square miles (28,311 square kilometers). [42] The United States is the nation's largest third or fourth in the world by area. All (land and water), after Russia and Canada. And, above or below China The ranking varies. Depending on whether Two territories disputed by China and India are counted together. And how to measure the overall size of the US: Calculate the size of 3,676,486 square miles (9,522,055 square kilometers) [43] to 3,717,813 square miles (9,629,091 square kilometers) [44] or to 3,794,101 square miles (9,826,676 square kilometers). [. 1] measured the land only. United States is third in size. After Russia and China Slightly ahead of Canada. [45] The coastal plain of the Atlantic coast of the way inland to deciduous forests. And hills of the Piedmont Appalachian Mountains divide the eastern seaboard from the Great Lakes and the grasslands of the Midwest Lake, Mississippi - Missouri, the world's fourth longest river, flows north - south is. Through the center of the flat prairie grasslands and fertile plains of the Great Plains stretches to the west. Across the plateau region, south east of the Rocky Mountains, at the western edge of the Great Plains, extend north to south across the country, with an altitude of over 14,000 feet (4,300 m) in Colorado. Farther west are the Great Basin and deserts such as the Chihuahua and Mojave. Mountains, Sierra Nevada and Cascade Fryer line close to the Pacific coast, mountains, these two levels higher than 14,000 feet (4,300 meters), a low point. lowest and the highest in the continent of America in California. And only about 80 miles (130 kilometers). At an altitude of 20,320 feet (6,194 meters), Mount McKinley in Alaska, California, is the highest peak in the country and in North America. The volcano is still alive, there is general in Alexander and Aleutian Islands of Alaska, and Hawaii consists of volcanic islands. The volcano in Yellowstone National Park in the Rockies. Is the largest volcano of the continent. [46] Bald eagle is the national bird of the United States, since 1782 the United States, due to its large size and geographic diversity, is the climate. Most species To the east of the 100th meridian, the climate ranges from humid continental in the north to tropical in the south. Ting southern tip of Florida is tropical, like Hawaii, Great Plains west of the 100th meridian are semi-arid. Many areas of the Western mountains are alpine. The climate is arid in the Great Basin, desert in the Southwest, Mediterranean in California. The coastal ocean Oregon and Washington and southern Alaska. Most of Alaska is subarctic or polar extreme weather is not uncommon. States bordering the Gulf of Mexico are likely to come across, hurricanes and tornadoes, most of the world will occur within the country, mainly in the Tornado Alley of the Midwest. [47] The Ecology of the United States are considered "megadiverse": about. 17,000 species of vascular occur in the contiguous United States and Alaska, and over 1,800 species of flowering plants are found in Hawaii, of which no more are found on the mainland, [48] the US. home to more than 400 mammal species, 750 bird, and 500 reptile and amphibian species. [49] Approximately 91,000 insect species have been described. [50] The Bald eagle is the national bird. And fauna of the United States. And is an enduring symbol of the country itself. [51] There are national parks, 58, and other parks are managed by the federal government, forests and wild jungles, more than a hundred. [52] as well as with government. owns 28.8% of the country. [53] Most of these areas. Is protected, though some is leased for drilling for oil and gas, mining, logging, or animals; 2.4% is used for military purposes. [54] [55] is a national environmental issues since 1970. The debate about the environment, including the debate about oil and nuclear power, to deal with air pollution. water, the economic costs of protecting wildlife, logging and deforestation [56] [57] and the international response about global warming. [58] [59] agency of the federal government and. Many states are involved The most prominent Environmental Protection Agency (England: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)), which was established by order of the President in the year 1970. [60] The idea of wilderness has created the management of public lands since 1964, the provisions of the Forest (. English: Wilderness Act). [61] The provisions of species extinction in 1973, aims to protect threatened and endangered species population and housing them. Which are monitored by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
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