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Geography
The USA is situated in the middle of North America. It´s the fourth largest country in the world. The country borders on Mexico in the south, Canada in the north, the Pacific Ocean in the west and the Atlantic Ocean in the east. Part of the USA is also Alaska and the Hawaiian Islands.
The USA is a federal republic consists of 50 states and the Federal District of Columbia. The smallest state is Rhode Island and the largest is Alaska. The capital city is Washington, D.C.

Relief
The landscape is varied. The west is very mountainous, there are the Cordilleras including the Rocky Mountains, the Cascade Range and Sierra Nevada. They occupy half of the continental US. In the east, there are another mountains called the Appalachians. They are geographically the oldest in the USA. In the middle of America we find more lowlands, for example the Mississippi Basin. The highest peak is can be found in Alaska, it is Mt. Mc Kinley.
The USA has many rivers. The longest river is the Mississippi. Another large rivers are the Missouri, the Hudson, which is connected with the Great Lakes, the Colorado, the Columbia and the Rio Grande.
The Great Lakes on the US-Canada border make up the biggest reservoir of fresh water in the world. It´s 5 lakes: Lake Superior (the largest), Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.

Climate
The climate is extremely varied, there are climatic differences between the fifty states. The tropical and subtropical climate can be found in the south for example in Hawaii, Florida and California. The mild climate is typical for the north and the east of the United States. In the west, there is the alpine climate influenced by altitude. And arctic climate can be found in Alaska of course.

Symbols
The most important national symbols are flag and the anthem.
The flag is known as the Stars and Stripes. It consists of blue rectangle with 50 stars and 13 horizontal stripes representing the 13 original colonies. The flag can be seen in front of almost every house in the USA.
The national anthem is called The Star-Spangled Banner."