States of the US

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  States of the US

  The United States of America is made up of 50 states, including the Pacific islands of Hawaii, and Alaska, the largest state, which borders northwestern Canada. Since the USA was...

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  Alabama

  Alabama is located in the southeastern region of the United States. Much of the state is made up of a rolling plain that slopes gently down towards the Gulf of Mexico. A number of...

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  Alaska

  Alaska is located in northwestern North America, separated from the rest of the United States by Canada. At the tip of the Seward Peninsula, Alaska lies only a few miles from the...

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  Arizona

  Arizona is situated in the southwestern region of the United States. The Colorado Plateau makes up its northern part. Flowing across the plateau, the Colorado River has carved a...

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  Arkansas

  Arkansas is situated in the southeastern region of the United States. Eastern Arkansas forms part of the Mississippi Plain. This lowland region is covered with rich alluvial soils...

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  California

  California is located in southwest United States. Northern and central California is bounded by two mountain ranges: the Sierra Nevada (Spanish for "snowy range") in the east and...

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  Colorado

  Colorado is located in the western region of the United States. The eastern half of the state is part of the Great Plains. Originally prairie grassland, it is now mainly covered in...

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  Connecticut

  Connecticut is located in the northeastern region of the United States. It is one of six states that make up New England. Measuring just 145 kilometres (90 miles) by 90 kilometres...

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  Delaware

  Together with parts of Maryland and Virginia, Delaware occupies the Delmarva peninsula: the eastern part, facing the Delaware River, which widens into Delaware Bay. The second...

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  Florida

  Florida is located in the southeastern United States. The northwestern “panhandle” is gently rolling country, interspersed with swamps along the coast. Most of the state...

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  Georgia

  The state of Georgia is located in the southeastern United States. The Blue Ridge Mountains run across the northeast of the state, while the ridge-and-valley Appalachians occupy...

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  Hawaii

  The Hawaiian Islands, located in the central Pacific Ocean, are of volcanic origin (see the Hot-spot volcanoes page to find out how they were formed). The state includes most of...

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  Idaho

  Idaho, located in the northwestern region of the United States, is a Rocky Mountain state. Its mostly rugged landscape features snow-capped peaks, river rapids, lakes, steep...

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  Illinois

  Illinois is a located in the Midwest region of the United States. In the extreme northwest lies the Driftless Area, a region of rugged topography that escaped being glaciated...

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  Indiana

  Indiana is located in the Midwest region of the United States. Apart from the Lake Michigan shoreline in the northwest, where there are high sand dunes, most of northern and...

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  Iowa

  Iowa is located in the Midwest region of the United States. It is made up of rolling hills, crossed by many rivers flowing to meet either the Missouri, which forms most of its...

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  Kansas

  Kansas is located in the Midwest region of the United States. All of Kansas lies in the Great Plains. Mostly flat, it gradually increases in elevation from east to west by about...

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  Kentucky

  Kentucky is a state located in the central southeastern United States. Rising in the southeast is the Cumberland Plateau, part of the Appalachian Mountains. Here, the narrow...

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  Louisiana

  Louisiana is located in the Deep South of the United States. Near the coast and in the Mississippi Valley are the alluvial lands, named after the alluvium (or sediment) washed down...

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  Maine

  One of the six states that make up the region of New England, Maine is located in the northeastern region of the United States. In fact, it is the nation's easternmost state. Maine...

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  Maryland

  Maryland is located in the eastern United States. The eastern half of the state forms part of the Atlantic coastal plain. Baltimore and the suburbs of Washington, D.C. are located...

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  Massachusetts

  Massachusetts is located in the northeastern region of the United States: it is one of the six New England states. The low-lying eastern portion, including the Cape Cod peninsula...

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  Michigan

  Michigan is located in the Midwest region of the United States. Its two parts, Upper Peninsula and Lower Peninsula, are separated by the narrow Straits of Mackinac, which links...

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  Minnesota

  Minnesota is located in the Midwest region of the United States. Its landscape has been largely shaped by the massive ice sheet, more than a kilometre (0.6 mile) thick, that once...

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  Mississippi

  Mississippi is located in the Deep South of the United States. Most of the state consists of rolling, low hills that slope gently down to the coast of Gulf of Mexico. In the north...

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  Missouri

  The state of Missouri is located in the Midwest region of the United States. The Missouri River flows through the state, meeting the Mississippi (which forms the state's eastern...

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  Montana

  Montana is located in the western region of the United States. The western third of the state consists of 100 or more mountain ranges making up the Rocky Mountains. The boundary...

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  Nebraska

  Nebraska is located in the Midwest region of the United States. The land rises gradually from east to west, from the banks of the Missouri, the state’s eastern border, to the...

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  Nevada

  The state of Nevada is located in the west of the United States. Most of Nevada lies within a geographical region called the Great Basin. Here, in what is known as basin and range...

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  New Hampshire

  New Hampshire, one of the six states of New England, is located in the northeastern region of the United States. Much of the state is forested uplands, with the peaks of the White...

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  New Jersey

  New Jersey is located in the northeastern region of the United States. The ridges and valleys of the Appalachians, known locally as the "Skylands", run roughly...

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  New Mexico

  New Mexico is located in the southwestern region of the United States. Its landscape features mesas (small plateaus with flat tops and steep sides), deserts, forested mountain...

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  New York

  New York State is located in the northeastern region of the United States. Ranges of the Appalachian Mountains cross much of the state. In the southeast, the Hudson Highlands skirt...

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  New York City

  New York City is located at the mouth of the Hudson River and the western end of Long Island. With a population of more than 20 million people (including parts of New Jersey), the...

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  North Carolina

  North Carolina is located in the southeastern United States. Fringing its coast is a long chain of barrier islands, the Outer Banks, made up sand dunes. Between the islands and the...

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  North Dakota

  North Dakota is located in the Upper Midwest region of the United States. In the eastern part of the state lies the Red River Valley, once the bed of an ancient lake, Agassiz...

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  Ohio

  Ohio is located in the Midwest region of the United States. Running along its southern border with West Virginia and Kentucky is the Ohio River, while much of its northern border...

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  Oklahoma

  Oklahoma is situated in the southern central region of the United States. The semi-arid high plains of central and western Oklahoma form part of the Great Plains. Rivers such as...

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  Oregon

  Oregon is located in the northwestern region of the United States. Rising steeply from the narrow Pacific coastal plain is the Coast Range. Inland lies the Willamette Valley. Here...

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  Pennsylvania

  Pennsylvania is located in the northeastern region of the United States. The state extends from the shores of Lake Erie—one of the the Great Lakes—in the northwest, to the...

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  Rhode Island

  The state of Rhode Island is located in the northeastern region of the United States. It is one of six states that make up New England. The smallest of all the 50 states, Rhode...

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  South Carolina

  South Carolina is located in the southeastern United States. The state includes part of the Atlantic Coastal Plain. On the Grand Strand north of Georgetown, the coast is lined with...

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  South Dakota

  South Dakota is located in the Upper Midwest region of the United States. The Missouri River divides the state, which lies entirely in the Great Plains, into two regions, called...

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  Tennessee

  Tennessee is located in the central-southeast region of the United States. Rising on its eastern border are the Great Smoky Mountains, part of the Appalachian range. Stretching to...

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  Texas

  Texas is situated in the south central region of the United States. In the east, a coastal plain extends inland from the barrier islands and salt marshes along the coast of the...

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  Utah

  Utah is located in the west of the United States. The Wasatch Range, part of the Rocky Mountains, runs southwards through the northern part of the state from the border with Idaho...

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  Vermont

  Vermont is located in the northeastern region of the United States. It is one of six states that make up the region known as New England. The Green Mountains, densely forested with...

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  Virginia

  Virginia is located in the southeastern United States. A small portion of the state, the Eastern Shore, occupies the lower part of the Delmarva Peninsula east of Chesapeake Bay. A...

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  Washington

  Washington state is located in the northwestern region of the United States. The Cascade Range mountain range runs north-south through the state, dividing it into two distinct...

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  Washington, D.C.

  Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States, is located between Virginia and Maryland on the American eastern seaboard. “D.C.” stands for the District of Columbia...

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  West Virginia

  The state of West Virginia is located in the eastern central region of the United States. Nicknamed the "Mountain State”, almost its entire area is hilly, rugged and covered with...

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  Wisconsin

  The state of Wisconsin is located in the northern Midwest region of the United States. In the north the land rises from the lowlands bordering Lake Superior to the wooded uplands...

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  Wyoming

  Wyoming is a state in the western region of the United States. The western two-thirds of the state is dominated by the foothills and ranges of the Rocky Mountains. In southwestern...

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