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List of longest rivers of the United States (by main stem) List of National Wild and Scenic Rivers; List of river borders of U.S. states; List of rivers in U.S. insular areas; List of rivers of the Americas by coastline; List of U.S. rivers by discharge
High Point – 43 summits in 19 states. Humboldt Peak – 3 summits in California, Colorado, and Nevada. King Peak – 3 summits in Arizona, California, and Nevada. Kings Peak – 2 summits in Idaho and Utah. Lookout Mountain – 113 summits in 28 states. Matterhorn – 3 summits in Arizona, Nevada, and Oregon.
The physiographic regions of the contiguous United States comprise 8 divisions, 25 provinces, and 85 sections. [1] The system dates to Nevin Fenneman 's report Physiographic Divisions of the United States, published in 1916. [2] [3] The map was updated and republished by the Association of American Geographers in 1928. [4]
Birch Creek. Judith River. Dry Wolf Creek (Judith Basin County, Montana) Dry Wolf Creek (Fergus County, Montana) Musselshell River. Sacagawea River. North Fork Musselshell River. South Fork Musselshell River. Milk River.
The largest national park is Wrangell–St. Elias in Alaska: at over 8 million acres (32,375 km 2 ), it is larger than each of the nine smallest states. The next three largest parks are also in Alaska. The smallest park is Gateway Arch National Park, Missouri, at 192.83 acres (0.7804 km 2 ).
The Missouri River is the longest river in North America and the United States (2,341 mi (3,767 km)). [20] The second longest river in North America and the United States is the Mississippi River (2,320 mi (3,730 km)). The Rio Conchos (350 mi (560 km)) is the longest river in Mexico.
The Boston Mountains is a Level III ecoregion designated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the U.S. states of Arkansas and Oklahoma. Part of the Ozarks, the Boston Mountains are a deeply dissected plateau. The ecoregion is steeper than the adjacent Springfield Plateau to the north, and bordered on the south by the Arkansas Valley.
The United States has 154 protected areas known as national forests, covering 188,336,179 acres (762,169 km 2; 294,275 sq mi). [ 1] National forests are managed by the U.S. Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. [ 2] The first national forest was established as the Yellowstone Park Timber and Land Reserve on March 30 ...