Regional Geography USA Facts: - 3th biggest country (9,8 million km²) - situated in North America -Population: 310 million - Capital: Washington D.C - maritime country (Atlantic, Pacific Ocean) 50 States and a district Population Wall Street and the New York Stock Exchange, the world's largest bourse by dollar volume The west front of the United States Capitol, which houses the United States Congress The White House, home and workplace of the U.S president Barack Obama taking thepresidential oath of office from U.S Chief Justice John Roberts, January 20, 2009 A photograph from Apollo 11of Buzz Aldrin on the surface of the Moon The landscape  Mississippi-Missouri system  The largest river system in North-America  rivers of the Cordilleras  Can be used to generate electric power A short history of development   Relatively young country Declaration of Independence (1776)     vast territories in the West   Foreign capital Railroads Shortage of labour force Machines were used Skilled immigrants helped the development Leading power in the world economy  American firms have become large multinational companies  „Brain drain”: highly qualified experts are still welcome  Migration is controlled by laws  st country with POSTINDUSTRIAL SOCIETY  Majority of occupied population work in : TERTIARY sector Resources  Imported  From Latin America, Canada: ores  From Mexico, Venezuela: oil  Considers Central and South America as its OWN SPHERE of INTEREST Energy production  Based on hydrocarbons   Oil and natural gas:  Large coalfields: cheap extraction, good quality California, coastal area around the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska  Nuclear power  Hydroelectric power  Fields of research: for new sources of energy – wind, solar, geothermal also important The USA has 104 nuclear power reactors Hydropower is the production of electricity from harnessing the kinetic energy of moving water such as rivers, streams, or oceans Industry  Main characteristics automatisation Industry  Highly developed  Latest technologies  Main characteristics specialisation automatisation Mass production organisation Basis: heavy industry Important branches:  M……… i……… ,  production of m……… e…………… ,  E……………… Scientific research: leader in dynamic branches:  Monicicectrroels  TI  Bgyiohnolteco  acSpe eeeringinng Scientific research  Microelectronics  IT  Biotechnology  Space engineering Agriculture – agribusiness: export large amounts of food products  Only 2% of the occupied population Characteristics:    Large-scale production The Use of lots of machines Specialization Main scenes:    Central Lowlands Great Plains „BELTS”: reflect the climatic variety [...]... Northern section Variscan orogeny) -Caledonian orogeny, Southern section:  Natural resources: coal, iron ore, copper, zinc  The first states were formed in that part – the cradle of the industry of the USA Climate  In the temperate zone on the Northern Hemisphere  ! Alaska exception: partly in the cold zone  Diff Climates can be found because of:  1 large size  2 variety of landforms I Temperate... good quality California, coastal area around the Gulf of Mexico, Alaska  Nuclear power  Hydroelectric power  Fields of research: for new sources of energy – wind, solar, geothermal also important The USA has 104 nuclear power reactors Hydropower is the production of electricity from harnessing the kinetic energy of moving water such as rivers, streams, or oceans Industry  Main characteristics automatisation ... ore, copper, zinc  The first states were formed in that part – the cradle of the industry of the USA Climate  In the temperate zone on the Northern Hemisphere  ! Alaska exception: partly in the... power  Fields of research: for new sources of energy – wind, solar, geothermal also important The USA has 104 nuclear power reactors Hydropower is the production of electricity from harnessing the