Geography Of The United States
The United States is a country in the Western Hemisphere. It consists of forty-eight contiguous states in North America, Alaska, a peninsula which forms the northwestern most part of North America, and Hawaii, an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean. There are several United States territories in the Pacific and Caribbean. The term "United States", when used in the geographical sense, means the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands of the United States. The country shares land borders with Canada and Mexico and maritime (water) borders with Russia, Cuba, and The Bahamas in addition to Canada and Mexico.
This video of the United States at night and the Aurora Borealis was taken by the crew of Expedition 29 on board the International Space Station. This pass begins just south of the Gulf of Alaska in the eastern Pacific Ocean and ends in Central America near the border of Honduras and Nicaragua.Read more about Geography Of The United States: Area, General Characteristics, Physiographic Divisions, Climate, Natural Disasters, Public Lands, Antipodes
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