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Southeastern United States. The Southeastern United States, also referred to as the American Southeast, the Southeast, or the South, is a geographical region of the United States located in the eastern portion of the Southern United States and the southern portion of the Eastern United States. The region includes a core of states that reaches ...
The US has the 2nd largest Exclusive Economic Zone of 11,351,000 km 2 (4,383,000 sq mi). By total area (water as well as land), the United States is either slightly larger or smaller than the People's Republic of China, making it the world's third or fourth-largest country.
Due to the release of greenhouse gas emissions, glaciers and ice sheets are melting and expanding the oceans. The United States coastlines are projected to rise 1 foot in three decades or between 10 and 12 inches on average by 2050. [6] The Gulf Coast will likely see the biggest change, with sea levels expected to rise between 14 and 18 inches.
These are azimuthal orthographic projections of the Earth from four sides plus the poles. 726x726 pixels, aliased. XCFs have separate layers for water, land, coastlines, political borders, political borders over water (not shown in PNGs), and latitude & longitude gridlines (not shown in PNGs). Image:Blankmap-ao-000 -africa europe.png XCF.
The Southern United States (sometimes Dixie, also referred to as the Southern States, the American South, the Southland, Dixieland, or simply the South) is one of the four census regions defined by the United States Census Bureau. It is between the Atlantic Ocean and the Western United States, with the Midwestern and Northeastern United States ...
Division 2: Middle Atlantic (New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania) Region 2: Midwest (designated as the North Central Region before June 1984) [8] Division 3: East North Central (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin) Division 4: West North Central (Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota) Region ...
North Carolina. North Carolina (/ ˌkærəˈlaɪnə / ⓘ KARR-ə-LY-nə) is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, South Carolina to the south, Georgia to the southwest, and Tennessee to the west. The state is the 28th-largest and 9th-most populous of ...
Blank US Map (states only).svg. English: A blank map of the United States, not including territories such as Puerto Rico and Guam. Uses the Albers projection. All paths of the states in the file have been assigned an ID consisting of their standard two-letter abbreviations in order to enable easy editing using a text editor.