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TheSizeoftheUnitedStates-美国的面积
VisitorstotheUnitedStatesareoftensurprisedtolearnthegreatdistancefromtheeastcoasttothewestcoast.ThecontinentalUnitedStatesstretches4,500kilometersfromtheAtlanticOceanontheeasttothePacificOceanonthewest.ItbordersCanadaontheNorth,andreachessouthtoMexicoandtheGulfofMexico.Afasttrain,travelling96kilometersanhour,takesmorethan48hourstocrossthecountry. AjetplanecrossesthecontinentalUnitedStatesfromeasttowestinaboutfivehours.
IncludingthestatesofAlaskaandHawaii,whicharenotseeninthismapofthecontinentalUnitedStates,thecountrycoversanareaof9,363,123squarekilometers.OfthefiftystatesofthecountryAlaskaisthelargestinarea,andHawaiiisthenewest.TheformerbordersonnorthwesternCanada:thelatterliesinthePacific.