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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]
Land, water and total area by U.S. state, district or territory, sortable State / territory Total area Land area Water area sq mi km 2 sq mi km 2 sq mi km 2 Alaska 665,384
in km 2 (mi 2) Land in km 2 ... United States: 9,525,067 (3,677,647) ... Toggle the table of contents. List of countries and dependencies by area.
The United States customary system developed from English units that were in use in the British Empire before the U.S. became an independent country. The United Kingdom's system of measures evolved by 1824 to create the imperial system (with imperial units ), which was officially adopted in 1826, changing the definitions of some of its units.
San Francisco is an extreme example: water makes up nearly 80% of its total area of 232 square miles (601 km 2). In many cases an incorporated place is geographically large because its municipal government has merged with the government of the surrounding county.
Officially, 160,820.25 square miles (416,522.5 km 2) of the contiguous United States is water area, composing 62.66 percent of the nation's total water area. The contiguous United States, if it were a country, would be fifth on the list of countries and dependencies by area, behind Russia, Canada, China, and Brazil. However, the total area of ...
Toggle the table of contents. Outline of the United States. 4 languages. ... Area of the United States: 9,826,630 km 2 (3,794,080 sq mi) – 4th most extensive country;
This is a list of the 100 largest counties in the United States by area. ... (52,072.5 km 2) 20,052.5 sq mi (51,936 km 2) 2 ... Toggle the table of contents.