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  1. A topographic map of the United States. The United States is the world's third-largest country by total area behind Russia and Canada. The 48 contiguous states and the District of Columbia occupy a combined area of 3,119,885 square miles (8,080,470 km 2).

  2. List of states and territories of the United States. A map of the United States showing its 50 states, federal district and five inhabited territories. Alaska, Hawaii, and the territories are shown at different scales, and the Aleutian Islands and the uninhabited northwestern Hawaiian Islands are omitted from this map.

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    From 1989 through 1996, the total area of the US was listed as 9,372,610 km2 (3,618,780 sq mi) (land and inland water only). The listed total area changed to 9,629,091 km2 (3,717,813 sq mi) in 1997 (Great Lakes area and coastal waters added), to 9,631,418 km2 (3,718,711 sq mi) in 2004, to 9,631,420 km2 (3,718,710 sq mi) in 2006, and to 9,826,630 km...

    The United States shares land borders with Canada to the north and Mexico to the south, a territorial water border with Russia in the northwest, and two territorial water borders in the southeast between Florida and Cuba, and Florida and the Bahamas. The contiguous 48 states are otherwise bounded by the Pacific Ocean on the west, the Atlantic Ocean...

    Within the continental U.S. there are eight distinct physiographic divisions. These major divisions are: 1. Laurentian Upland – part of the Canadian Shield that extends into the northern United States Great Lakesarea. 2. Atlantic Plain – the coastal regions of the eastern and southern parts include the continental shelf, the Atlantic Coast and the ...

    Due to its large size and wide range of geographic features, the United States contains examples of nearly every global climate. The climate is subtropical in the Southern United States, continental in the north, tropical in Hawaii and southern Florida, polar in Alaska, semiarid in the Great Plains west of the 100th meridian, Mediterranean in coast...

    The United States is affected by a variety of natural disasters yearly. Although drought is rare, it has occasionally caused major disruption, such as during the Dust Bowl(1931–1942). Farmland failed throughout the Plains, entire regions were substantially depopulated, and dust storms ravaged the land.

    The United States holds many areas for the use and enjoyment of the public. These include national parks, national monuments, national forests, wilderness areas, and other areas. For lists of areas, see the following articles: 1. List of National Parks of the United States 2. List of National Natural Landmarks 3. List of U.S. National Forests 4. Li...

    In terms of human geography, the United States is inhabited by a diverse set of ethnicities and cultures.

    Brown, Ralph Hall, Historical Geography of the United States, New York : Harcourt, Brace, 1948
    Stein, Mark, How the States Got Their Shapes, New York : Smithsonian Books/Collins, 2008. ISBN 978-0-06-143138-8
  4. Online maps and atlases of the US. The National Atlas of the United States of America; The National Map from the USGS; US Census Bureau map products; MapQuest World Atlas - United States; Microsoft/Encarta/Expedia World Atlas with atlas for North America to street level. Multimap World Atlas - United States

  5. Mar 8, 2024 · This Link contains The Ground Water Atlas of the United States, which includes 13 chapters, each representing areas that collectively cover the 50 States and Puerto Rico, as well as the U.S. Virgin Islands.

  6. Maps. Wikimedia Atlas of the United States; National Atlas of the United States Official maps from the U.S. Department of the Interior; Other. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Official government site

  7. Cartography of the United States. Map of the United States with state and territory names. 1681 map of North America. Antebellum map of the United States, published by Sidney E. Morse in An Atlas of the United States (1823), showing the recent acquisition of Missouri and Louisiana, and the remnant of the Northwest Territory after the ...

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