The USA is the largest country in north America. It's neighbour in the north is Canada and in the south it's neighbour is Mexico. The country extends from the shores of Atlantic Ocean to the islands of Hawaii in the Pacific, and from cold, snowy Alaska to sunny Florida in the south-east. The USA has nearly every kind of weather. Also, it has many kind of land - wide grasslands, rocky mountains, powerful rivers, lakes of different size, sandy beaches, great forests and lands of ice and snows. The highest mountains are Rocky Mountains and the longest river is the Mississippi. More than 300 million people live in US, but the country is very big, so there is still a lot of open space. There are 50 states that make up the USA. Some are small and some are big. The smallest is Rhode island and the biggest is Alaska. The capital city is Washington D.C. It lies on the bank of the Potomac river. The letters "D.C." mean "District of Columbia". It's terretory doesn't belong to any state. The US government and it's Congress are situated there. Every state has it's capital. The largest city in the country is New Yourk City famous It's skyscrapers.