issouri, the Columbia and others. The highest mountains are the Rocky Mountains, the Appalachian, the Cordillera and the Sierra Nevada. The highest peak, Mount McKinley, is in Alaska.
The climate conditions are rather various. The country is rich in natural and mineral resources: oil, gas, iron ore, coal and various metals.
The USA is a highly developed industrial and agricultural country. The main industrial branches are aircraft, rocket, automobile, electronics, radio engineering and others. Nowadays the USA is one of the leading powers of the world due to its economic, political and military influence.
The United States of America is a federal state and a parliamentary republic, headed by the President. According to the US Constitution the powers of the Government are divided into 3 branches: legislative (theCongress), executive (the President), and judicial (the Supreme Court). The Congress has two houses the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Supreme Court is the highest court in the country.
There are two main political parties in the United States: the Democratic Party (their symbol is a donkey), and the Republican Party (their symbol is an elephant). The president is elected for a 4-year term and not more than two times.
Words:
total area -- общая площадь
borders -- границы
Appalachian -- Аппалачи
Great Lakes -- Великие озера
Rocky Mountains -- Скалистые горы
Sierra Nevada -- Сьерра-Невада
Cordillera -- Кордильеры
highly developed -- высокоразвитый
climate conditions -- климатические условия
branch -- ветвь, отрасль (промышленности)
aircraft -- авиация
automobile -- автомобиль
electronics -- электроника
radio engineering -- радиотехника
influence --
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