<Table> Geography of The United States <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Continent </Th> <Td> North America </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Coordinates </Th> <Td> 38 ° 00 ′ 00" N 97 ° 00 ′ 00" W ﻿ / ﻿ 38.000 ° N 97.000 ° W ﻿ / 38.000; - 97.000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Area </Th> <Td> Ranked 4th </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Total </Th> <Td> 9,826,675 km (3,794,100 sq mi) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Land </Th> <Td> 93.24% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Water </Th> <Td> 6.76% </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Coastline </Th> <Td> 19,920 km (12,380 mi) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Borders </Th> <Td> Canada: 8,864 km (5,508 mi) Mexico: 3,327 km (2,067 mi) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Highest point </Th> <Td> Denali / Mount McKinley 6,190.5 m (20,310 ft) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Lowest point </Th> <Td> Badwater Basin, − 85 m (− 279 ft) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Longest river </Th> <Td> Missouri River, 3,767 km (2,341 mi) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Largest lake </Th> <Td> Lake Superior 58,000 km (22,394 sq mi) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Climate </Th> <Td> Diverse: Ranges from Temperate in the North to Tropical in the far south . 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 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Terrain </Th> <Td> 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, plateus, 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 territories </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Natural Resources </Th> <Td> coal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, rare earth elements, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber, arable land </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Natural Hazards </Th> <Td> 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 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Environmental Issues </Th> <Td> severe water shortages, air pollution resulting in acid rain in both the US and Canada </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Continent </Th> <Td> North America </Td> </Tr>

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