United States,satellite image. North is at top. Natural colour satellite image showing the United States of America,divided into its states. The USA consists of 50 states. 48 are situated in southern North America (lower right),with the other two being Alaska (upper left) and Hawaii (islands,far left). It is bordered by Canada (upper centre) and Mexico (bottom centre). Cuba (bottom right),the Pacific Ocean (blue,left),the Atlantic Ocean (blue,right) and the Caribbean Sea (blue,bottom right) can also be seen. Image compiled from data acquired by the LANDSAT 5 and 7 satellites,in 2000 |