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  2. List of extreme points of U.S. states and territories - Wikipedia

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    The 49th parallel was agreed to be the border between the United States and British North America (later Canada) from Lake of the Woods to the Strait of Juan de Fuca in the Treaty of 1818 and Oregon Treaty. However, the true boundary line as surveyed deviates several seconds from the true parallel, as seen in this significantly exaggerated ...

  3. List of regions of the United States - Wikipedia

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    U.S. Census Bureau regions and divisions. Since 1950, the United States Census Bureau defines four statistical regions, with nine divisions. [1] [2] The Census Bureau region definition is "widely used ... for data collection and analysis", [3] and is the most commonly used classification system.

  4. List of tripoints of U.S. states - Wikipedia

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    Philadelphia metro area, at the east end of the Twelve-Mile Circle. Georgia: North Carolina: South Carolina: Chatooga River: Located in river very near marker on dry land. [36] Idaho: Oregon: Washington

  5. Eastern Continental Divide - Wikipedia

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    crossing, approx. 1 mile north of NC/SC border North CarolinaSouth Carolina: French Broad watershed [specify] tributary of the Tennessee River along NC/SC border dividing mountain ridges running southeast meets Santee watershed flowing into Atlantic North CarolinaSouth Carolina: Sassafras Mountain: 3,564 feet (1,086 m)

  6. List of U.S. states and territories by coastline - Wikipedia

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    States shaded dark blue have ocean coastline.* States shaded light blue have Great Lakes coastline.* States shaded white have no coastline. * New York has both ocean and Great Lakes coastline.

  7. Geography of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Tall, prominent mountain ranges rise up sharply from broad, flat tundra plains. On the islands off the south and southwest coast are many volcanoes. Hawaii, far to the south of Alaska in the Pacific Ocean, is a chain of tropical, volcanic islands, popular as a tourist destination for many from East Asia and the mainland United States.

  8. Northeastern United States - Wikipedia

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    Located on the Atlantic coast of North America, the region borders Canada to its north, the Southern United States to its south, the Midwestern United States to its west, and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The Northeast is one of the four regions defined by the U.S. Census Bureau for the collection and analysis of statistics. [1]

  9. Nebraska - Wikipedia

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    Nebraska (/ n ə ˈ b r æ s k ə / ⓘ nə-BRASS-kə) [17] is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States.It borders South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwest; and Wyoming to the west.