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  2. Inland waterways of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Not all waters have had these facts determined, and so are of uncertain status. All water subject to tides are included. Note that the "Navigable Waters of the United States" listed in 33 CFR 329 are different than those listed as "Waters of the United States" in 33 CFR 328, which is the Clean Water Rule. However, all Navigable Waters, plus ...

  3. Territorial waters - Wikipedia

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    Schematic map of maritime zones (aerial view). Territorial waters are informally an area of water where a sovereign state has jurisdiction, including internal waters, the territorial sea, the contiguous zone, the exclusive economic zone, and potentially the extended continental shelf (these components are sometimes collectively called the maritime zones [1]).

  4. U.S. territorial sovereignty - Wikipedia

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    United States territory can also include disputed territory, which is a geographic area claimed by the United States of America and one (or more) rival governments. Under the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907, United States territory can include areas occupied by and controlled by the United States Armed Forces. When de facto military control ...

  5. Territorial evolution of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Representatives of the United States and the Western Confederacy sign the Treaty of Greenville, ending the Northwest Indian War and ceding most of the modern state of Ohio to United States control. [91] February 29, 1796 Great Britain agreed to abandon several forts in the northwest that it still occupied, including Detroit.

  6. U.S. Caribbean region - Wikipedia

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    Map of the U.S. Caribbean Federal Waters. U.S. Caribbean region (in Spanish: El Caribe estadounidense) is a term used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to refer to the waters belonging to the United States in the Caribbean Sea. [1]

  7. Hydrologic unit system (United States) - Wikipedia

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    This map of United States water resource subregion hydrologic units updated boundaries to include the ocean as well as the portions of the basins that cross international borders For the use of hydrologists, ecologists, and water-resource managers in the study of surface water flows in the United States, the United States Geological Survey ...

  8. Territories of the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit upheld the District Court decision in Segovia v. United States, which ruled that former Illinois residents living in Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands did not qualify to cast overseas ballots according to their last registered address on the U.S. mainland. [150]

  9. Geography of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The term "United States," when used in the geographic sense, refers to the contiguous United States (sometimes referred to as the Lower 48, including the District of Columbia not as a state), Alaska, Hawaii, the five insular territories of Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and minor outlying possessions. [1]