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6. The USA

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6. The United States of America

The USA is located in the south part on North America. The country extends from the Pacific Ocean in the west to the Atlantic Ocean in the east. The US is bordered to the north by Canada and to the south by Mexico. Two states, Alaska and Hawaii, are not directly attached to the continental US. Alaska is in the North mart and Hawaii is in the Pacific Ocean. The US is the 4th largest country by total area and the 3rd most populous country in the world with more than 300 million inhabitants.

The country is composed of 50 states and a federal district (District of Columbia). Some states on the west coast there is Oregon, Arizona, Nevada, California, Washington. In the Middle there is Colorado, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Texas. On the east coast there is Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, New York.

The capital city is Washington, D. C. Other big cities are Los Angeles, Los Vegas, New York, Seattle, Boston, Phoenix, Portland, San Francisco, Miami, Atlanta, New Orleans, Dallas, Palm Springs, Philadelphia.
Washington, D. S., is named in honour of George Washington, he was the first president of the USA. We can find The White House, a lot of memorials (Lincoln memorial, Thomas Jefferson memorial, Martin Luther King memorial and so one).
LA is home of Hollywood and films studious. It is famous for Walk of fame. It is stars on the ground with a names of famous people.
NY is nicknamed the Big Apple or the city that never sleeps. It is the most famous city, very cosmopolitan and it is the most populous city in the US and over 8 million people live there. NY is famous for its skyscrapers, such as the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building. We can find Statue of Liberty there. This statue was a gift to the US from the people of France, and it is symbol of freedom and democracy. There are Central park, Brooklyn bridges, Wallstreet, The fifth avenue and more. There are yellow taxis called cabs.

The main spoken language in country is English, but in many areas Spanish is spoken as well.

The USA is a federal republic. The federal government consists of three branches: The legislative power, The president and The Supreme Court. There are 2 main political parties in the US:
the Democratic Party and the Republican Party.

The flag is a rectangle witch 13 red and white horizontal stripes representing the original thirteen colonies. In the upper-left corner is a blue rectangle with fifty white stars, one for each state. The flag is nicknamed Stars and Stripes or Old Glory.

Now, I would like to speak about the landscape.

The west of the country is mountainous. There are the Rocky Mountains, the Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range.
The highest mountain in the Us is Mount Denali (Mount McKinley). It has more than 6 thousand meters above sea level.
The lowest point is Death Valley in California. It is very hot place.
The national parks are Big Bend, Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Everglades and Joshua Tree.
There are large plains in the central region which can be found in the southwest areas of deserts.

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