United States/Area3.797 million mi²
United States
Country in North America
The U.S. is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major Atlantic Coast cities are New York, a global finance and culture center, and capital Washington, DC. Midwestern metropolis Chicago is known for influential architecture and on the west coast, Los Angeles' Hollywood is famed for filmmaking. ― Google
Speaker: Kevin McCarthy (Republican Party) Trending
Capital: Washington, D.C.
CO2 emissions per capita: 14.67 metric tons (2019) World Bank
Electricity consumption per capita: 12,993.97 kWh (2014) World Bank
Energy use per capita: 6,804.00 kg of oil equivalent (2015) World Bank
Fertility rate: 1.64 births per woman (2020) World Bank
GDP growth rate: 5.9% annual change (2021) World Bank
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/AG.SRF.TOTL.K2?locations=US
https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/surface-area-km
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_the_United_States
Geography of The United States
Continent North America
Coordinates 
38.000°N 97.000°W
Area Ranked 3rd/4th
• Total 9,826,675 km2 (3,794,100 sq mi)
• Land 93.24%
• Water 6.76%
Coastline 19,920 km (12,380 mi)
Borders Canada: 8,864 km (5,508 mi)
Mexico: 3,327 km (2,067 mi)
Highest point Denali
6,190.5 m (20,310 ft)
Lowest point Badwater Basin,
−85 m (−279 ft)
Longest river Missouri River,
3,767 km (2,341 mi)
Largest lake Lake Superior
58,000 km2 (22,394 sq mi)
Climate Diverse: Ranges from Temperate in the North to Tropical in the far south. 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, South Florida, and the territories: tropical
Terrain Vast central plain, Interior Highlands and low mountains in Midwest, mountains and valleys in the mid-south, coastal flatland near the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, complete with mangrove forests and temperate, subtropical, and tropical laurel forest and jungle, canyons, basins, plateaus, and mountains in west, hills and low mountains in east; intermittent hilly and mountainous regions in Great Plains, with occasional badland topography; rugged mountains and broad river valleys in Alaska; rugged, volcanic topography in Hawaii and the territories
Natural resources coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, rare earth elements, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber, arable land
Natural hazards tsunamis; volcanoes; earthquake activity around Pacific Basin; hurricanes along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts; tornadoes in the Midwest and Southeast; mud slides in California; forest fires in the west; flooding; permafrost in northern Alaska
Environmental issues severe water shortages, air pollution resulting in acid rain in both the US and Canada
Exclusive economic zone 11,351,000 km2 (4,383,000 sq mi)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_the_United_States
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