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USA: West Coast Kristiina Sekljutskaja 11A West Coast · The "West Coast", "Western Seaboard", or "Pacific Coastline" are terms for the westernmost coastal states of the United States. · It most often comprises California, Oregon and Washington. Arizona and Nevada, while not coastal states, are often included due to their proximity to the Pacific Coast and their economic and cultural ties to California · As of 2007, the estimated population of the West Coast ranged from approximately 5060 million, depending on which states are included in the estimate. · Major coastal cities on the West Coast include San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Las Vegas. ·West Coast includes: ·Washington ·Oregon ·Arizona ·Nevada ·California Washington · Named after George Washington, the first President of the United States · Capital: Olympia
notably spruces and firs. Around the Great Lakes and New England are mixed forests of pines, maples, elms, birches, oaks and beeches. Along the Gulf of Mexico grow magnolia, red and black gum, cypress and mangrove. Geographical Regions The territory of the United can be divided into eight regions: 1) New England; 2) the Mid-Atlantic region; 3) the South; 4) the Midwest; 5) the Southwest; 6) the Rocky Mountain region; 7) the Pacific Northwest and Alaska; 8) California and Hawaii. New England is highly industrial, but it also has many fields, woods and small towns. New England is the part of the United States that is most like "old" England. It includes six states: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The Mid-Atlantic region plays an important role in the United States. Its cities include Washington D. C., the nation's capital, and New York City, the nation's financial centre. The Mid-Atlantic region is densely populated
and good weather in some places (like California). Many species became extinct soon after the first settlements. The U.S. climate is temperate in most areas, tropical in Hawaii and southern Florida, polar in Alaska, semiarid in the Great Plains, Mediterranean in coastal California and arid in the Great Basin. The droughts and floods are infrequent in America. In north Alaska was recorded the lowest temperature in U.S. -62.2 °C . The highest temperature was recorded in California in Death Valley when the temperature reached 57 °C. The hurricanes occur almost every year along the Atlantic seaboard and the Gulf of Mexico. Hurricanes can also strike Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean. In central portions of the U.S., tornadoes are more common than anywhere else on Earth. The Southwest has the worst droughts. One drought is thought to have lasted over 500 years and to have decimated the Anasazi people. Bald Eagle (National Bird )
9 billion acres, which makes a total of 770 million in hectares. Alaska is the largest state at 150 million hectares and it is followed by Texas with nearly 70 million hectares. In 33 of the 50 USA states, the state capital is not the state with the highest population. For example, the capital of New York is not New York City, which is the city with the highest population in USA. Albany is the capital of New York's state with the municipal population of 96 000. California is the third biggest state with Sacramento as the capital city, but Los Angeles as the largest city. It is followed by Montana with Helena as the capital city and New Mexico (capital city Santa Fe). The states are mainly placed in eight categories New England states, Mid-Atlantic states, Southern states, Great Lakes states, Midwestern states, Southwestern states, Mountain states and the Pacific states.
are hundreds of federally managed parks, forests and wilderness areas. The first national park in the world was Yellowstone national park in Wyoming. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iaSlZE-Wxs&feature=related Many species became extinct soon after the first settlements. The U.S. climate is temperate in most areas, tropical in Hawaii and southern Florida, polar in Alaska, semiarid in the Great Plains, Mediterranean in coastal California and arid in the Great Basin. The droughts and floods are infrequent in America. In north Alaska was recorded the lowest temperature in U.S. -62.2 °C . The highest temperature was recorded in California in Death Valley when the temperature reached 57 °C. The flora is so diverse in America because of the different climates and good weather in some places (like California). National bird is bald eagle National flower is Rose National tree is oak Click to edit Master text styles
tobacco, turkeys, oranges, potatoes, tomatoes, apples, peanuts and sorghum. Farmers throughout the country rear dairy cattle for milk and other products. Much of the dairy production is concentrated in a belt that extends from Minnesota to New York. Midwestern states account for much of the nation's maize, soybeans and pig production. The nation's chief wheat-growing region stretches across the Great Plains. Most of the chickens are reared in the South. California and states in the South and Southwest produce almost all of the country's cotton. Farmers in other areas also produce poultry, eggs, fruit, vegetables, nuts and many other crops. The use of modern machinery and agricultural methods has helped make U.S. farms to be one of the most efficient in the world but it has also increased production costs. Many farmers who have been unable to meet these rising costs, have been forced to leave farming and sell their land
The largest city is the New York City. The Government is Federal constitutional republic and the president is George W. Bush. 2. Geographical position The United States of America is located on the continent of North America. It has borders with two countries Mexico and Canada. There are also the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico surrounding the big country. There are 50 states in America. Most of the people live in towns. The biggest state is Alaska; next by size are California, Alaska and Montana. Six states - Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts are called New England. They are all small states in the USA that lie in the north- east. The first colony of immigrants settled down in Virginia, in the eastern part of the USA. 3. Relief The USA is situated in the central part of the North American continent. Its western coast is washed by the Pacific Ocean and its eastern coast is washed by the Atlantic Ocean and in the
Economy The United States is rich in various metals and minerals. It holds first place in the capitalist world for production of coal, iron and oil and it also produces silver and gold. It has a greatly developed car, machine, and ship-building industries, textile and food industries. Agriculture is very wide-spread, above all in the prairie regions, where wheat and other grain crops are grown. Cotton is grown in the Mississippi valley, tobacco in Maryland and Virginia. California is famous for its fruit, and the west for its cattle-farming. Poultry-farming is highly developed in the countryside near all big cities. The United States economy is largely based on a free enterprise system. In this system individuals and companies are free to make their own economic decisions. They have their own raw materials, equipment and other items necessary for production and they decide how to use them in order to earn a profit. Even though U.S
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