American geography
New World terrain
The physical and political features of the United States—its states, capitals, rivers, mountains, and regions.
Often invoked in educational contexts: American geography is tested on the citizenship exam.
The phrase also appears in discussions of how landscape shapes culture: American geography encouraged westward expansion.
- citiesMajor populated areas
- mountainsTall elevated landmasses
- Appalachian TrailEastern US thru-hike route
- national parksProtected natural areas
- statesModes of being
suburbs · capitals · colonial settlements · rivers · plains · coastlines · Pacific Northwest · valleys · plateaus · indigenous territories · Civil War battlefields · biodiversity hotspots · Rust Belt · Sun Belt · Bible Belt · demographics · borders · flyover states
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