"The United States of America is located to the West from the continental Europe on the continent of America and occupies the southern part of North America. It is surrounded by Atlantic Ocean in the east, Pacific Ocean in the west and by Gulf of Mexico in to south. It has population about 314 million inhabitants. The currency is US dollar. The US consists of 50 states and one federal area with the capital city - Washington D.C. (District of Columbia = land of Columbus) where the seat of President and the Congress are situated and other 14 oversea countries out of which 5 are inhabited (Puerto Rico, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands and American Samoa).
It is a federal republic with the President as the head of state. Official language is English but you can hear more languages there as it is multicultural country. The American English differs from the British English in pronunciation, vocabulary and spelling. The US flag is called “Stars and Stripes” and has 13 stripes representing 13 original colonies, the blue upper left corner contains 50 white stars, standing for 50 nations.
Geography:
• It is the fourth largest country in
the world which includes many different geographical areas. There are regions of dense forests and mountainous ranges – the largest mountain range is the Rocky Mountains which extend from the Canadian border to Mexico, Coastal Mountains to the west, the Appalachian Mountains to the east. The 16 highest points are situated in Alaska, the highest is Mt. McKinley.
• In the centre of the USA are flat
plains and fertile river valleys used as farming areas. The Mississippi River is the largest river in America., others are the Colorado, the Ohio,… The border with Canada in its central part is formed by the Great Lakes Region where the US shares Lakes Superior, Huron, Erie, Ontario and Michigan with Canada. Lake Superior is the second largest lake in the world (after the Caspian Sea)."

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