What is Geography of the United States?
[[File:USA topo en.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A map of the [[United States]]]] [[File:U.S. Territorial Acquisitions.png|250px|right|thumb|Territorial expansion of the United States]] [[File:North america craton nps.gif|thumb|300 px|[[Laurentia]], also called the [[North America]]n [[craton]]. The green strip is land picked up in the westward movement of the Americas (mostly island chains)]] The '''[[United States]]''' is the third or fourth biggest [[country]] in the world. Only [[Russia]] and [[Canada]] are bigger. If you do not count the area of the [[Great Lakes]], [[China]] is also bigger. Its geography varies a lot. The [[area]] is about 3,717,000 square miles, or about 9,629,000 square kilometers. The highest point is [[Mount McKinley]], [[Alaska]] and the lowest point is [[Death Valley]], [[California]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://geography.about.com/od/unitedstatesofamerica/a/unitedstatesgeography.htm |title=Geography of the United States of America |accessdate=18 August 2014 |author=Briney, Amanda |archive-date=12 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712021023/http://geography.about.com/od/unitedstatesofamerica/a/unitedstatesgeography.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> * There are [[meadow]]s and [[forest]]s on the East Coast, * The [[Appalachian Mountains]] in the east * The [[Great Plains]] in the middle of the country, * The [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]]-[[Missouri River|Missouri]] river, in the middle * The [[Rocky Mountains]] west of the plains * [[Desert]]s and [[coast]]al areas west of the Rocky Mountains * Forests in the Pacific Northwest * [[Arctic]] regions of Alaska * [[Volcano|Volcanic]] islands in [[Hawaii]], which is not ''geographically'' part of the Americas. The [[geographic center]] is in [[Butte County, South Dakota|Butte County]], [[South Dakota]]. The geographic center of the 48 states is in [[Smith County, Kansas|Smith County]], [[Kansas]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001788.html |title=Miscellaneous Data for the United States}}</ref> == Phys