7) Geography of the USA
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7. Geography of the USA (no thi just d USA)
50 states
o (48 + 2 = Hawaii (over 3.200 km away) and Alaska)
Flag
o 13 stripes (7 red + 6 white)
the first states
o 50 stars (one star for each state nowadays)
4
th largest country (after Russia, Canada, China)
capital city = Washington D.C. (district of Colombia) X Washington NW
300 million people
o 9.5 million km
2
original inhabitants
o native americans (Indians)
o over 100 ethnic groups
USA is sometimes called as melting pot (old = because they don´t melt today => they mix =
delicious food) x salad bowl
SURFACE
highest mountain = mount McKinley 6194 m.a.s.l. (Alaska)
lowest = Death Valley -86 meters above the sea level
Appalachian Mountains = East
Mississippi Basin (3
rd biggest river in the world)
Around half of the USA is made by the Cordilleras in the west. They consist of several parts:
o Rocky Mountains – reach over 4000m
o Colorado Plateau – Grand Canyon
o Cascade Range and Sierra Nevada – the highest peak of the continental USA Mt.
Whitney (although the highest peak of USA is in Alaska – Mt. McKinley)
Coast Range
WATER
Lakes
o Great Lakes (border with Canada)
Lake Superior – 2nd largest in the world (after The Caspian Sea)
Connected with river Hudson
USA shares lakes as Huron, Erie and Ontario with Canada
there is also another large lake in this region - Lake Michigan
The Great Lakes Region is the biggest reservoir of fresh water in the world
The Niagara River connects Lake Eire and Lake Ontario forming the world-
famous Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls
50 meters high
USA has 1/3rd