UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

BEAUTY OF AMERICA

GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION

THE UNITED STATES BORDER IN THE NORTH ON CANADA, IN THE SOUTH — WITH MEXICO, ALSO HAVE SEA BORDER WITH RUSSIA. ARE WASHED BY THE PACIFIC OCEAN FROM THE WEST AND THE ATLANTIC OCEAN — FROM THE EAST.

RELIEF OF NORTH AMERICATHE SURFACE OF NORTH AMERICA IS VERY VARIOUS. AT AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE CONTINENT OF 720 M ABOVE SEA LEVEL, THE MOST PART HAS IT HEIGHTS FROM 200 TO 500 M, 20 % ARE THE SHARE OF LOWLANDS. MORE THAN 25 % OF THE TERRITORY MAKE HEIGHTS OVER 1000 M. THE HIGHEST POINT OF NORTH AMERICA — MOUNT MCKINLEY — 6193 M, THE LOWEST — DEATH VALLEY — 85 M BELOW SEA-LEVEL.

LAKES OF AMERICA

IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ABOUT 18 THOUSAND LAKES ARE. THE CONSIDERABLE PART FROM THEM IS IN A NORTHERN PART OF THE USA, NEAR BORDER WITH CANADA: ACCORDING TO HYDROGRAPHERS, ONLY IN STATES MAINE AND MICHIGAN IS 13,5 THOUSAND LAKES. THE MOST KNOWN AND THE LARGEST — THE GREAT LAKES ON NORTHERN BORDER OF THE USA AND CANADA, AND ALSO THE WELL-KNOWN BESSTOCHNY SALTY LAKES LOCATED IN THE BIG POOL — THE LOWLAND BETWEEN RIDGES SIERRA-NEVADA, THE CASCADE AND ROCKY MOUNTAINS IN THE NORTHWEST OF THE USA.

LARGE CITIES OF AMERICA

THE CENTRAL PART OF NEW YORK — MANHATTAN («THE ROCKY DISTRICT»). THIS SMALL GRANITE ISLAND WAS OPEN IN 1524 AND ACCORDING TO A LEGEND IS ACQUIRED AT INDIANS FOR 24 DOLLARS. THE ISLAND (THE AREA — 58 SQ.KM) WILL EXTEND ALONG THE HUDSON RIVER ON 21 KM AT WIDTH NO MORE THAN 4 KM BETWEEN A WATERCOURSE AND EAST PROTOWHICH.

WASHINGTONTHE OFFICIAL NAME — THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, IS THE INDEPENDENT TERRITORY WHICH IS NOT ENTERING INTO ONE OF STATES.