United States

The United States of America, usually referred to as the United States or just the USA, is situated almost entirely in the western hemisphere, the contiguous United States stretches from the Pacific on the west to the Atlantic on the east, with the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast, and bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the south.

The United States is the world's third largest country in population and in area. It consists of 50 states and a federal district. Washington D.C., is the nation's capital, while New York is its largest city.

The state of Alaska is located in extreme NW North America between the Arctic and Pacific oceans and is bordered by Canada on the east, and the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. Hawaii occupies an archipelago in the central Pacific, southwest of North America. The country also possesses several territories, or insular areas, scattered around the Caribbean and Pacific.

The United States possesses the vastest territories with large resources demographic. The Appalachian Mountains divide the eastern seaboard from the Great Lakes and the grasslands of the Midwest.

The Mississippi Missouri River, the world's fourth longest river system, runs mainly north south through the heart of the country. The fertile prairie land of the Great Plains stretches to the west, interrupted by a highland region along its south eastern portion.

The Rocky Mountains, at the western edge of the Great Plains, extend north to south across the continental United States, reaching altitudes higher than 4,300 m. in Colorado. The Sierra Nevada runs parallel to the Rockies, relatively close to the Pacific coast.

Alaska has one of the highest peaks, Mount McKinley, consists of 6194 m. Active volcanoes are common throughout the Alexander and Aleutian Islands, and the entire state of Hawaii is built upon tropical volcanic islands. The super volcano underlying Yellowstone National Park in the Rockies is the continent's largest volcanic feature.

Its climate and temperate is varied in most areas, tropical in Hawaii and southern Florida, polar in Alaska, semi arid in the Great Plains, desert in the Southwest, Mediterranean in Coastal California, and arid in the Great Basin.

Extreme weather is not uncommon the states bordering the Gulf of Mexico are prone to hurricanes, and most of the world's tornadoes occur within the continental United States, primarily in the Midwest's Tornado Alley.

The U.S. economy is the largest national economy in the world. The United States has a capitalist mixed economy, which is fuelled by abundant natural resources, a well-developed infrastructure, and high productivity.

The United States is the largest importer of goods and third largest exporter, though exports per capita are relatively low. Canada, China, Mexico, Japan, and Germany are its top trading partners.

The leading export commodity is electrical machinery, capital goods, automobiles, industrial supplies and raw materials, consumer goods, agricultural products, while vehicles constitute the leading import. The private sector constitutes the bulk of the economy; the United States remains an industrial power, with chemical products the leading manufacturing field. The United States is the third largest producer of oil in the world.

It is the world's number one producer of electrical and nuclear energy, as well as liquid natural gas, petroleum, steel, motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics, sulphur, phosphates, and salt. The United States is the world's top producer of corn and soybeans, other grains, fruits, beef, forest products, fish. The New York Stock Exchange is the world's largest by dollar volume. Coca-Cola and McDonald's are the two most recognized brands in the world.

The United States is a multicultural nation, home to a wide variety of ethnic groups, traditions, and values. English is the national language, 82% of the population speaks only English at home, 10% Spanish the second most common language and other foreign languages. Both Hawaiian and English are official languages in Hawaii by state law.

New Mexico has laws providing for the use of both English and Spanish, as Louisiana does for English and French. Other states, such as California, mandate the publication of Spanish versions of certain government documents including court forms.

The United States has been a leader in scientific research and technological innovation since the late nineteenth century. The United States leads the world in scientific research papers and impact factor.

Since the early twentieth century, the U.S. film industry has largely been based in and around Hollywood, California. Iconic figures like John Wayne, Marilyn Monroe or producer Walt Disney were leader in cine, animated film and movie merchandising.

The major film studios of Hollywood are the primary source of the most commercially successful movies in the world, and the products of Hollywood today dominate the global film industry.

Zion National Park

Zion National Park is located in the southwest corner of Utah east of I-15 (Interstate highway 15 in Utah). It is roughly 300 miles south of Salt Lake City, near Springdale and 160 miles northeast of Las Vegas. Zion National Park encompasses some 150,000 acres of natural canyon country east of St. George, Utah, including […]

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Rocky Mountain National Park

Rocky Mountain National Park is located in the north central region of the U.S. state of Colorado in the Rockies, and includes the Continental Divide and the headwaters of the Colorado River. The park is surrounded by Roosevelt National Forest on the north and east, Routt National Forest on the northwest, and Arapaho National Forest […]

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Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls is massive waterfalls on the Niagara River, which is right on the border between Canada and the United States. The Falls are located 27 km north-northwest of Buffalo, New York and 120 km south-southeast of Toronto, Ontario, between the twin cities of Niagara Falls, Ontario, and Niagara Falls, New York. Niagara Falls is […]

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Mount Rushmore

Mount Rushmore National Memorial is located near Keystone at 40 km southwest of Rapid City, in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Mount Rushmore is a memorial to the growth and development of the United States of America and represents the first 150 years of the history of the United States of America. The sculptured […]

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White House

The White House Complex is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. The building contains a total of 132 rooms; it includes living quarters for the president, the presidential family, and staff and public rooms for dinners, concerts, and receptions. In conclusion six floors: two basements, two public floors, and two floors for […]

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Capitol

The capitol is located at the eastern end of the National Mall on a plateau, 88 feet above the Potomac River in Washington D.C., United States. The United States Capitol serves as the seat of government for the United States Congress, and the legislative branch of the U.S. federal government. The neoclassical dome of the […]

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Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park is situated primarily in northwestern Wyoming and partly in southern Montana and eastern Idaho. The park includes the greatest concentration of geothermal features of the world. The park covers 8,983 square km and consists mostly of broad volcanic plateaus with an average elevation of 2,440 meters. Among the mountain ranges that protrude […]

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Everglades National Park

Everglades National Park is located in the U.S. state of Florida about 20 miles east of Biscayne National Park. It is protecting the largest U.S. wilderness area east of the Mississippi River, the park is the perfect and most significant place for the breeding ground and reproduction of tropical birds that are resided in North […]

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Disney World

Walt Disney World Resort is situated about 32 kilometres southwest of Orlando, in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. But the entire property is outside of the Orlando area. A part of the resort is in Orlando's limits, other one at southwest of Orange County, and the rest in the south neighbouring county of Osceola, Walt Disney […]

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Yosemite National Park

Yosemite National Park is located in the central Sierra Nevada of California, at the eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa, and Madera counties in east central of California. The park covers an area of 3,081 km² and reaches across the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain chain. The park is approximately the size of Rhode […]

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Sequoia National Park

The Sequoia National Park is located in the southern Sierra Nevada at east of Visalia, California. It spans over 404 acres. In the park are 35 groves of giant sequoias, spectacular granite mountains, and deep canyons. The park is well known for its Giant Sequoia trees, many groves of the giant sequoia are found along […]

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Death Valley

Death Valley is the lowest, driest and hottest valley in the United States. Located at the southeast of the Sierra Nevada range in the Great Basin and the Mojave Desert, mostly located on Inyo County, California. The Valley is located principally between the Amargosa Range to the east and the Panamint Range to the west; […]

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Acadia National Park

The Acadia National Park is the smallest national park in the United States. Located on the rugged coast of the Down East region of Maine, near the town of Bar Harbor, the park consists of 123 km² on Mount Desert Island, 11 km² on Au Haut Isle and 9.2 km² on the Schoodic Peninsula. The […]

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Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon more than an awe-inspiring view, is a colourful, steep-sided gorge carved by the Colorado River in northern Arizona, United States. The canyon is a great chasm carved over millennia through the rocks of the Colorado Plateau. It contains one of the first national parks in the US. President Theodore Roosevelt was a […]

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Antelope Canyon

Antelope Creek is located on Navajo Nation Land in the northern part of Arizona, just outside Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and close to AZ 98 a few miles east of town. Antelope Canyon is a small but elegantly gorgeous geological formation. It is not a national or state park, and it is often ignored […]

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Statue Of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty is one of the most renowned symbols of American freedom. It is located on Liberty Island in the middle of the Hudson River in New York City Harbor. The formal name of the statue is "Liberty Enlightening the World" also known affectionately as "Lady Liberty" has become a symbol of freedom […]

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Empire State Building

The Empire State Building located at Fifth Avenue at 34th Street in Manhattan. Ever since it was built, the Empire State Building has captured the attention of young and old alike, every year, millions of tourists flock to the Empire State Building to get a glimpse from its 86th and 102nd floor observatories; the image […]

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Aurora

Aurora are natural colored light displays in the sky which are usually observed in the polar zone at night. They occur in the ionosphere in this way some scientists call them “polar auroras”. The effect is known as the aurora borealis in northern latitudes, “Aurora” is for Roman goddess of dawn and “boreas” is for […]

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Golden Gate Bridge

The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay onto the Pacific Ocean. As part of both U.S. Route 101 and State Route 1, it connects the city of San Francisco on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula to Marin County. The Golden […]

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