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Geography of
United States
United States of America is located on
North American continent.
western third of
country consists mainly of
high plateau broken by
numerous mountain ranges,
chief of which are
Rocky Mountains. To
west of this region lie
Great Plains. This is
region of
very flat ground extending from
Canadian border to
Gulf of
Mexico and eastward as far as
Appalachian Mountains.
Appalachians are
range of
low mountains and
hills running parallel to
Atlantic Coast and about one to two hundred miles in land.
Along
center of
Great Plains, flowing
south from
Canadian border to
Gulf of
Mexico is
Mississippi River. This river together with
Missouri which joins it from
west and
Ohio which joins it from
east, forms
central river system of
United States. In
north are
five Great Lakes —
Lake Superior,
Lake Huron,
Lake Michigan,
Lake Erie and
Lake Ontario which empty into
Atlantic Ocean through
St. Lawrence River.
Colorado River in
southwest and
Colombia in
northwest are
other principal rivers of
country.
climate of
country is typical to
other large continental areas in
temperature zone. It is very warm in
summer and in all of it except
south is cold in
winter.
west, and especially
southwest, is very dry.
capital of
United States,
Washington, D. C. is not located in any state, but lies between
states of
Maryland and
Virginia.
principal cities of (the) U.S. are
New York,
Chicago,
Philadelphia,
Detroit,
Los Angeles and
Cleveland.
population of
United States is not evenly spread over
country, but is concentrated largely in
east.
heart of
American agriculture is the "corn-belt",
belt of
very fertile land extending from
Nebraska eastwards as far as
Pennsylvania. In this area
principal crop is
corn. West of
corn-belt is
wheat-belt extending
north and
south from
Texas to
North Dakota and into
Canada.
principal products of
south are
cotton and
tobacco although
corn is also grown here.
agriculture of
California, because of its favorable climate, is confined largely to
special crops, such as
citrus crops and
grapes.
mineral deposit of
U.S. are concentrated largely among
Appalachian Mountains. There are, however,
important oil-fields in
Texas,
Oklahoma and
California, and
important iron mines in
Minnesota. Because of
overwhelming concentration of
minerals in
northeastern part of
U.S.
manufacturing is also concentrated there.