Location: North America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico Land Size of America : 9,631,418 sq km Climate / Weather of America : mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains Population of America : 293,500,000 Capital City of America : Washington, DC American GDP: $10.98 trillion (2003 est.) Main Industries : petroleum, steel, motor vehicles, aerospace, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics, food processing, consumer goods, lumber, mining American Currency: US dollar (USD) Agricultural products : wheat, corn, other grains, fruits, vegetables, cotton; beef, pork, poultry, dairy products, forest products, fish Main Colors of American Flag : Red, white and blue Commonly mis-typed as Amercan
