Location: North America
North: Canada
South: Mexico
East: Atlantic
West: Pacific
A federal republic-made up of 50 states (48 + Hawaii & Alaska)
Area: 9.8 m km2 (30 times VN)
Population: 314.7 M
Capital: Washington DC
Largest city: New York City
Major religion: Christianity
Flag: 13 stripes, 50 stars
Major cities: California, Texas, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, Dallas
Highest: Mount McKinley in Alaska, 6,194 m
Lowest: Death Valley in California, -89 m
Temperature: -62 oC ~ 57 oC, average 14.1 oC
Lowest on Dec, Jan, Feb
Parts: (# geography, climate, local ways of speaking)
1. Northern: Great Lakes
2. Eastern & Southern: Atlantic Coast and the Gulf Coast
3. Eastern side: Appalachian Highlands
4. Interior Plains: the Great Plains
5. Interior Highlands
6. Western: Rocky Mountain System
7. Grand Canyon
8. Pacific Mountain System
Rivers & Lakes: Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio & Tennessee, Rio Grand, Colorado, Columbia