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The United States of America is a land of variety with lots of forests, deserts, mountains, high flat lands and fertile landscapes. It is also famous with different names as the USA, the United States, the States, the U.S., America, and Columbia. Almost all types of climates can be found here, but most of the country lies in the temperate zone. It stretches from the Atlantic Ocean on the east to the Pacific Ocean on the western side.
Located largely towards the central North America, the United States shares its borders with Canada on the North and Mexico towards the south. Including the islands of Alaska and Hawaii, the US covers an area of about nine million sq. kms.It has many tourist attraction placesIt also shares territorial water boundaries with the countries of Russia, Canada and the Bahamas. |
USA is bounded by the Pacific Ocean on the west, the Arctic Ocean, the Bering Sea, the Atlantic Ocean on the east, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. USA is a constitutional democratic federal republic including fifty states. Each of these fifty states has a moderately high level of local autonomy under the federal system.
Alaska is the largest in area of the 50 states. New York City is the largest city of the States. The official language is none at the federal level, but English is de facto. The nation's capital Washington DC is specifically planned and built to be the capital city. It is a city of great beauty and a centre of world affairs; it is also a leading cultural center and is a major tourist attraction.
The United States is a perfect model of a representative democracy. There are basically three levels of the government here-federal, state, and local. The American people freely elect all of these and enjoy universal suffrage.
The world's third-largest country, the United States' landscape is greatly varied with rolling hills, temperate forestland, mangroves, the Great Plains, the Mississippi-Missouri river system, the Great Lakes, the Rocky Mountains, plains, deserts, coastal zones and temperate rain forests. The climate of USA thus varies along with the landscape, from tropical to tundra.
The US acquits as the most dominant country of the world. It has leaded the world in some great historical incidences known of both good and bad consequences. Recently in 2001, it became the victim of global terrorism when its most famous Twin Towers were destroyed. The U.S. culture has a large influence on the world, particularly the Western world; and this is being criticized often.
The United States has dozens of major cities, which are famous for their own unique reasons. Boston and Massachusetts are known for history and universities.There are various tourist attractions like Chicago and Illinois known for skyscrapers, Honolulu and Hawaii offer beaches, exotic culture and cuisine. In Los Angeles and California, tourists can visit great beaches and the movie industry. While, Miami and Florida have beaches and the Everglades. Newburyport and Massachusetts are the birthplace of the US Coast Guard. |
The The New York City and New York offer the Big Apple and the skyscrapers.There are many more tourist attractions like in Orlando and Florida, tourists can enjoy beaches and Walt Disney World. San Francisco and California are home to the Golden Gate, while Washington, the District of Columbia is the nation's capital city.
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