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This map compares the area of Alaska (shown in red) to that of the 48 contiguous United States. Date: 29 September 2007: Source: Based on Image:BlankMap-USA-states-Canada-provinces,_HI_closer.svg by Lokal_Profil: Author: 121a0012: Permission (Reusing this file)
[3] [4] The colloquial term "Lower 48" [5] is also used, especially in relation to Alaska. The related but distinct term continental United States includes Alaska, which is also on North America, but separated from the 48 states by British Columbia in Canada, but excludes Hawaii and all the insular areas in the Caribbean and the Pacific. [1] [6]
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Alaska is larger than all but 18 sovereign nations (it is slightly larger than Iran but slightly smaller than Libya). Alaska is home to 3.5 million lakes of 20 acres (8.1 ha) or larger. [3] Marshlands and wetland permafrost cover 188,320 square miles (487,700 km 2) (mostly in northern, western and southwest flatlands).
The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) of 1980 added 53.7 million acres (217,000 km 2) to the National Wildlife Refuge system, parts of 25 rivers to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers system, 3.3 million acres (13,000 km 2) to National Forest lands, and 43.6 million acres (176,000 km 2) to National Park land. Because of ...
The Biden administration said Friday it will restrict new oil and gas leasing on 13 million acres (5.3 million hectares) of a federal petroleum reserve in Alaska to help protect wildlife such as ...
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]
A drilling pad for oil and gas in Robinson Township, Penn. Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images CC BY-ND President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan proposes to spend US$16 billion plugging old oil and ...