The United States of America， also known as USA is located in North America which is right opposite from C The land area of the contiguous United States is approximately 9 billion acres (770 million hectares) The USA includes a total of 50 states， with Washington DC and lots of territories across the world in the Pacific and Atlantic To the north of the country， it connects to Canada with one of the Great Lake， and to the south， it also shares a border with Mexico around T Within the states， Hawaii and Alaska are the furthest， while Hawaii is near the Eastern Globe and has an area of just 4 million aces， and Alaska is connecting to Canada and has an area of approximately 365 million The United States is the world's third OR fourth largest nation by total area (land and water)， ranking behind Russia and Canada and just above or below China depending on how to calculate its Including only land area， the United States is third in size behind Russia and China， just ahead of C美国本土由50个州和华盛顿哥伦比亚特区组成。其中48州彼此相连，地处北美洲中部。剩下的两个州中，阿拉斯加州位于北美洲西北部，东部与加拿大接壤，西部与俄罗斯西伯利亚地区隔海相望；夏威夷州则处在太平洋的群岛上，位于北美大陆的西南方。此外，美国也拥有许多散布于加勒比海（例如波多黎各）与太平洋（例如关岛）上的海外领土。如果只计陆地面积，美国排名第三，仅次于俄罗斯、中国，在加拿大之前。[翻译不是整篇作文的意思，是主要内容，作文内容绝对原创]
