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5 States of USA 

 Mississippi

Mississippi  is a state in the Southern United States, with part of its southern border formed by the Gulf of Mexico. Its western border is formed by the Mississippi River.

The state has a population of approximately 3 million. It is the 32nd most extensive and the 32nd most populous of the 50 United States. Located in the center of the state, Jackson is the state capital and largest city, with a population of approximately 175,000 people.

The state is heavily forested outside of the Mississippi Delta area, between the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers. Before the American Civil War, most development in the state was along riverfronts, where slaves worked on cotton plantations. After the war, the bottomlands to the interior were cleared, mostly by freedmen. By the end of the 19th century, African Americans made up two-thirds of the Delta's property owners, but timber and railroad companies acquired much of the land after a financial crisis.

The state's name is derived from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary. Settlers named it after the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi ("Great River").

Mississippi is bordered to the north by Tennessee, to the east by Alabama, to the south by Louisiana and a narrow coast on the Gulf of Mexico; and to the west, across the Mississippi River, by Louisiana and Arkansas.

In addition to its namesake, major rivers in Mississippi include the Big Black River, the Pearl River, the Yazoo River, the Pascagoula River, and the Tombigbee River. Major lakes include Ross Barnett Reservoir, Arkabutla Lake, Sardis Lake, and Grenada Lake with the largest lake being Sardis Lake.

Mississippi is entirely composed of lowlands, the highest point being Woodall Mountain, in the foothills of the Cumberland Mountains, 807 feet (246 m) above sea level. The lowest point is sea level at the Gulf coast. The state's mean elevation is 300 feet (91 m) above sea level.

Utah

First of all, where does the name ‘Utah’ come from? Utah comes from the Apache word ‘yuttahih’ wich means ‘people of the mountains’.

Utah was the 45^th to be accepted as a state of the country.

It’s situated at the Wester United States, next to Wyoming, wich we will talk about later, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona and Idaho.

The current population is of 3 milion people, a small state compared to other ones that are much bigger, like California or New York.

Maybe the most characteristic fact about Utah is the uncountable farms it has. They take up almost 1/5 part of the total area.

Big part of its economy comes from farmers and people who work in lands. 




The flag of this State contains many significant things. First of all, the beehive and the sego lily, the flower of Utah, wich both represent hard work. Next, the eagle on top, that represents protection in peace and war (te eagle is the national bird of USA). 

Finally, the two dates that appear in the flag mean two different things: 1847, the year that Mormon Pioneers entered the Salt Lake City Valley, and 1896, the year when Utah was accepted as a state of USA. 


Ohio

The state takes its name from the Ohio River. The name was originated from the Seneca language word ohiːyo', meaning "great river".

State flag: Ohio's state flag was adopted in 1902. The Ohio burgee, as the swallowtail design is properly called, was designed by John Eisenmann. The large blue triangle represents Ohio's hills and valleys, and the stripes represent roads and waterways. The 13 stars the original states of the union; the 4 stars added to the peak of the triangle symbolize that Ohio was the 17^th state admitted to the union. The white circle with its red center represents the "O" in Ohio and Ohio's famous nickname, "The Buckeye State”

Constitution of Ohio: The Ohio Constitution is the basic governing document of the State of Ohio, which in 1803 became the 17th state to join the United States of America. Ohio has had three constitutions since statehood was granted. The current one was written in 1912.

Ohio was created from the easternmost portion of the Northwest Territory. In 1787, the Congress of the Confederation of the United States passed the Northwest Ordinance, establishing a territorial government. The Ordinance prohibited slavery and provided for freedom of worship, the right of habeas corpus and trial by jury, and the right to make bail except for capital offenses. Ohio courts have noted that the Northwest Ordinance 

Red Carnation: It is the official flower of Ohio. The red carnation was chosen to honor President William McKinley (an Ohioan) who was assassinated in 1901. President McKinley liked to wear red carnations on the lapel of his jacket. 

State Emblem: In the modern version, the Scioto river flows between cultivated fields and Mount Logan. A rising sun with 13 rays symbolize the original thirteen colonies. A bunch of corn stands in the foreground as a symbol of agriculture.

Standing next to the corn, there is a bundle of 17 arrows representing Ohio's Native Americans and symbolizing Ohio as the 17^th state to enter the Union.

Ohio is the 34^th largest by area, the 7^th most populated, and the 10^th most densely populated of the country: 11,614,373 inhabitants (2016). The state's capital and largest city is Columbus.

It occupies 116,096 km2, 355 km width and 355km length.

There’s 275km between Lucas and Adams, and 203km between Columbus and Van Wert.

California

California is the most populous state in the U.S.A and the third most extensive by area. Sacramento is the state capital. Los Angeles is California's most populous city, and the country's second-most populous, after New York City. If it were a country, California would be the 5th largest economy in the world, and the 36th most populous.

California is considered a global trendsetter in popular culture, innovation, and politics. It is the origin of the film industry, the hippie counterculture, the Internet, and the personal computer, among others.

California is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and the Mexican state of Baja California to the south. The state's diverse geography ranges from the Pacific Coast in the west to the Sierra Nevada mountain range in the east, and from the redwood–Douglas fir forests in the northwest to the Mojave Desert in the southeast. The Central Valley, a major agricultural area, dominates the state's center. Though California is well-known for its warm Mediterranean climate, the large size of the state results in climates that vary from moist temperate rainforest in the north to arid desert in the interior, as well as snowy alpine in the mountains.

General Information about USA

CLIMATE OF THE U.S.A.

Weather varies across the U.S., as well as in Alaska and Hawaii:

In general, summers are hot and humid in the plains and southern states, while the southwest is very hot and quite dry.

Endless summers are southern California and Florida trademarks, while in the Pacific Northwest and New England states, summers are warm with cool mornings.

Winters in the southern states are mild, while in the north, northeast, plains states, and in the western mountains, conditions are often quite cold with heavy snow and sub-freezing temperatures.

State-wide averages of annual rainfall plus snowfall range from a high of 63.7 inches (1618 millimeters) in Hawaii to a low of 9.5 inches (241 millimeters) in Nevada.

For the entire United States, excluding Hawaii and Alaska, the average amount of moisture falling as rain and snow is 30.21 inches (767 millimeters).

ECONOMY OF THE U.S.A.

The United States of America has the world's largest national economy. It makes up roughly 17 to 22 percent of the world's gross domestic product (GDP). The currency of the United States, the dollar, is the most widely used currency in international trade.

The three sectors of the economy

Primary sector includes agriculture, farming, fishing, forestry, mining. As of the 2007 census of agriculture, there were 2.2 million farms, covering an area of 3,730,000 km2. It is particularly concentrated in the Great Plains, a vast expanse of flat, arable land in the center of the country.

In fact, California ranks first in the United States for agricultural cash receipts followed by Iowa, Texas, Nebraska and Illinois.

Ten states generate more than $10 billion in agricultural cash receipts:  California, Texas, Nebraska, Illinois, Minnesota, Kansas, Indiana, Wisconsin and North Carolina.

Primary exports include wheat, corn, vegetables, cotton, beef, pork, dairy products, fish and forest products.

Secondary sector is defined as the industrial sector of an economy dominated by the manufacture of finished products. Enormous amounts of energy are consumed to carry this process out. Industries include the automobile industry, the chemical industry, consumer electronics, industrial equipment, steel production, the tobacco industry, aerospace manufacturing, textile industry and telecommunications. 

Among the fifty states, California emerges in the study as the leader in most industry subsectors, that includes Motion Picture and Videos, Management, Scientific… What’s more, Pennsylvania leads the industry of Individual and Family Health Services and Legal Services.

The tertiary sector provides services to the general population. Activities associated with this sector include, transportation and distribution, entertainment, restaurants, clerical services, media, tourism...

It includes the quaternary sector which is defined as the use of modern technology in research and development to train and provide information to other industries

Rivers in USA

The United States of America has over 250,000 rivers. The longest river in the USA is the Missouri River; tributary of the Mississippi River, which is 2,540 miles long. But the biggest in terms of water volume is the deeper Mississippi River.

The longest un-dammed river in the contiguous USA is the Yellowstone River; it is 692 miles long.

Rivers provide drinking water, irrigation water, transportation, electrical power, drainage, food, and recreation. Rivers also erode land and carry it to the sea. This kind of erosion can even form canyons, like the Grand Canyon, and waterfalls, like Niagara Falls.

While some of the USA rivers and lakes serve as vital waterways for inland navigation others are useful sources of irrigation and power generation.

Of the several prominent rivers featured in the USA river map, the major rivers of USA are:

•  Columbia River           
• Snake River
• Missuri River
• Rio Grande
• Colorado River
• Mississippi River
• Potomac River
• Tennessee River

Columbia River is situated in the South West of Canada and flows in north-south-west direction, and flows into the Pacific Ocean.

The river takes the name of Caumbia Rediviva, the name of the first boat that went on it.

Is the 6^th longest river of the USA, with a length of 2044 km and goes through the states of Washington DC and Oregon. Is the widest river in the USA.

This river has been used for many human interests since its discover. Dams have been constructed for avoiding floods and for creating energy.

Colorado River is situated in the South of the United States. Crosses states of Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, California, Low California and Sonora, in Mexico.

This river is 2333km long, situated above the Columia River, in 5^th place of longest rivers in USA. You can find the beginning of the river in a little village called La Poudre Pass, at 3.100m above sea level, north Colorado.

This river floods into some lakes and then it keeps it going. For example, at the beginning of it, Colorado River flows into a lake called Gran Lago, in Colorado. Then, this lake keeps flowing down till it crosses the Grand Canyon, and then it flows really close to Las Vegas.

Mississippi River is a 3734km river that flows through 10 different states (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Musuri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Luisiana).

The beginning of this river is situated at Lake Itasca, a small glacial lake in the North East of the United States, near the city of Mississippi.

From a long time ago this river has been a really important way for navigation. The American natives used to call it a long time ago “Meschacebé”, that used to mean “father of the water”.

Nowadays, Mississippi river is a crucial component of the USS economy.  

Rio Grande 

Is the 4^th longest river of the United States. It’s situated on the South of USA and North of Mexico. It’s beginning is in Central Colorado and flows to the Goulf of Mexico.

During the late-1830s and early-1840s, the river marked the disputed border between Mexico and the Republic of Texas; Mexico marked the border at the Nueces River. The disagreement provided part of the rationale for the US invasion of Mexico in 1846, after Texas had been admitted as a new state. Since 1848, the Rio Grande has marked the space between Mexico and the United States from the twin cities of El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, to the Gulf of Mexico.

In 1899, after a gradual change to the river position, a channel was dug for flood control which moved the river, creating what was called Cordova Island, which became the center of the Chamizal dispute. Resolving the dispute took many years and almost resulted in the assassination of the American and Mexican presidents.

In 1997, the US designated the Rio Grande as one of the American Heritage Rivers. Two portions of the Rio Grande are designated National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, one in northern New Mexico and the other in Texas, at Big Bend National Park.