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Us And Us Mountain Biking

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Gavin Hrdlichka
Mr. Miller
Social Science
11-17-16
Us and Us Mountain Biking
The United States is a country located in North America bordering the vast Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean. The neighboring countries are Canada (north) and Mexico (south). The geography of the United States is varied with mountains in the west (the Rockies), and a broad central plain, and low mountain in the east (the Appalachians). The government system is a constitution-based federal system. The USA is home to a variety of cultures, race, tradition and extreme sports.
The United States is divided into 50 states, plus the District of Columbia. Mainly known as the lower 48 states or also commonly known as the contiguous states, all of the states excluding Hawaii and Alaska, which don 't attach to the larger part of the country. Hawaii is an island state located in the mid Pacific Ocean and Alaska is located just northwest of Canadas edge. The 3.7 million square miles that makes up the United States makes it the third largest country on earth, standing behind Russia and Canada. While Canada is just a little larger than the United States in land mass, Russia is almost just as twice as large compared.
Population wise, the United States is the third largest country compared to China and India. Based on the CIA 's 2015 Factbook, China 's population was about 1.38 billion, just barely ahead of India 's 1.33 billion. Those two countries are really in a league of their own, as the United States

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