美国的面积(The Size of the United States)

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visitorstotheunitedstatesareoftensurprisedtolearnthegreatdistancefromtheeastcoasttothewestcoast.thecontinentalunitedstatesstretches4,500kilometersfromtheatlanticoceanontheeasttothepacificoceanonthewest.itborderscanadaonthenorth,andreachessouthtomexicoandthegulfofmexico.afasttrain,travelling96kilometersanhour,takesmorethan48hourstocrossthecountry.ajetplanecrossesthecontinentalunitedstatesfromeasttowestinaboutfivehours.

includingthestatesofalaskaandhawaii,whicharenotseeninthismapofthecontinentalunitedstates,thecountrycoversanareaof9,363,123squarekilometers.ofthefiftystatesofthecountryalaskaisthelargestinarea,andhawaiiisthenewest.theformerbordersonnorthwesterncanada:thelatterliesinthepacific.