Severe water shortages, air pollution resulting in acid rain in both the US and Canada Tsunamis volcanoes earthquake activity around Pacific Basin hurricanes along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts tornadoes in the Midwest and Southeast mud slides in California forest fires in the west flooding permafrost in northern Alaska Vast central plain, Interior Highlands and low mountains in Midwest, mountains and valleys in the mid-south, coastal flatland near the Gulf and Atlantic coasts, complete with mangrove forests and temperate, subtropical, and tropical laurel forest and jungle, canyons, basins, plateaus, and mountains in west, hills and low mountains in east intermittent hilly and mountainous regions in Great Plains, with occasional badland topography rugged mountains and broad river valleys in Alaska rugged, volcanic topography in Hawaii and the territoriesĬoal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, rare earth elements, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber, arable land West: mostly semi-arid to desert, Mountains: alpine, Northeast: humid continental, Southeast: humid subtropical, Coast of California: Mediterranean, Pacific Northwest: cool temperate oceanic, Alaska: mostly subarctic, Hawaii, South Florida, and the territories: tropical Geography of The United Statesģ8☀0′00″N 97☀0′00″W / 38.000°N 97.000°W / 38.000 -97.000ĭiverse: Ranges from warm-summer continental in the far north to tropical in the far south. For geography of the continental landmass, see Geography of North America and Geography of South America.Ī political map of the United States showing the 50 states, the national capital of Washington, D.C., and the five major U.S.
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