| Location |
| North America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico |
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| Area |
| total: 9,631,418 sq km
land: 9,161,923 sq km
water: 469,495 sq km
note: includes only the 50 states and District of Columbia |
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| Land boundaries |
total: 12,034 km
border countries: Canada 8,893 km (including 2,477 km with Alaska), Mexico 3,141 km
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| Climate |
Mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains
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| Natural resources |
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coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber
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| Geography - note |
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world's third-largest country by size (after Russia and Canada) and by population (after China and India); Mt. McKinley is highest point in North America and Death Valley the lowest point on the continent
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| Government type |
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Constitution-based federal republic.
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| Currency - Currency code |
US dollar - USD
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| Internet country code: |
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.us
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| Internet users: |
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159 million (2002)
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