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The United States of
America The USA is the most
powerful and highly developed country of the world. It is situated in the
central part of the North American continent. Its western coast is washed by
the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. The USA is separated from
Canada in the north by the 49 parallel and the Great Lakes, and from Mexico in
the south by a line following the Rio Grande River and continuing across the
highlands to the Pacific Ocean. The total area of the USA
is over 9 million square kilometres. The continental part of the
USA consists of the highland regions and two lowland regions. The highland
regions are the Appalachian Mountains in the east and the Cordillera in the
west. Between the Cordillera and
the Appalachian Mountains are the central lowlands which are called the prairie
and eastern lowlands called the Mississippi valley. The principal rivers of the
USA are the Mississippi, the longest river in the world (7,330 km) and the
Hudson river. The climate of the USA
differs greatly from one part of the country to another. The coldest climate is
in the northern part, where there is heavy snow in winter and the temperature
may go down to 40 degrees below zero. The south has a subtropical climate, with
temperature as high as 49 degrees in summer. The population of the
United States of America is about 250 million people, who are called Americans.
Most of the people live in towns and the population of the countryside is
becoming smaller and smaller. For many decades the USA
has been the place where lots of people sought refuge from persecution for
political or religious beliefs. That's why in America there are representatives
of practically all racial and national groups. There are about 25 million
Negroes in the country and a little over half a million Indians. The capital of the USA is
Washington. It is situated in the District of Columbia. Washington is a
beautiful administrative city with practically no industry. The USA is highly developed
industrial state. Its agriculture is also highly mechanized. There are coal-mines in the
Cordillera Mountains, in the Kansas City region. Iron is mined near the Great
Lakes. The USA has rich oil-fields in California, Texas and some other regions.
It occupies one of the first places among the countries of the world for
production of coal, iron and oil. The USA has a highly
developed motor-car industry. It would be no exaggeration to say that cars have
become the symbol of America way of life. The vehicles produced at such
companies as Ford and the General Motors are known world-wide. The motor-car
industry is concentrated in and around Detroit. Shipbuilding is developed along
the Atlantic coast and in San Francisco. The textile industry is to be found in
the north - east and in the south of the country. The USA has a highly
developed railway system. It also has the best network of roads in the world.
They are called highways. The USA is a federal
country of 50 states and the District of Columbia. The political life of the
country has always been dominated by the two major parties: the Democratic
party and the Republican party. At an election time they contest presidency and
the majority of seats in the Congress. The Congress is the highest legislative
body of the country. It consists of two chambers - the House of Representatives
and the Senate. The President, elected by
the whole nation for four years, is head of the state and the Government. | |
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