Geography of the United States (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Geography of the United States" in English language version.

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axios.com (Global: 1,716^th place; English: 973^rd place)

Horn-Muller, Ayurella (April 15, 2023). "Climate-displaced Americans face discrimination". Axios. Retrieved April 19, 2023.

britannica.com (Global: 40^th place; English: 58^th place)

https://www.britannica.com/place/United-States-Virgin-Islands. Britannica.com. United States Virgin Islands. Retrieved July 3, 2020. Archived April 29, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
https://www.britannica.com/place/Puerto-RicoBritannica.com. Puerto Rico. Retrieved July 3, 2020. Archived July 2, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
"United States". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved March 25, 2008.

cia.gov (Global: 89^th place; English: 147^th place)

"United States". The World Factbook. CIA. September 30, 2009. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/graphics/ref_maps/physical/pdf/standard_time_zones_of_the_world.pdf Archived January 8, 2018, at the Wayback Machine CIA World Factbook – Standard Time Zones of the World, May 2018. (Map of the world showing the location of the contiguous U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, and the U.S. territories. Territories south of the "0" horizontal line (the equator) are in the southern hemisphere). Retrieved September 1, 2019.

data.gov (Global: low place; English: low place)

catalog.data.gov

"USGS National Elevation Dataset (NED) 1 meter Downloadable Data Collection from The National Map 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) – National Geospatial Data Asset (NGDA) National Elevation Data Set (NED)". United States Geological Survey. September 21, 2015. Archived from the original on March 25, 2019. Retrieved September 22, 2015.

dhs.gov (Global: 4,767^th place; English: 3,136^th place)

U.S. State Department, Common Core Document to U.N. Committee on Human Rights, December 30, 2011, Item 22, 27, 80; Homeland Security Public Law 107-296 Sec.2.(16)(A); Presidential Proclamation of national jurisdiction [1]

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Murray, N.J.; Phinn, S.R.; DeWitt, M.; Ferrari, R.; Johnston, R.; Lyons, M.B.; Clinton, N.; Thau, D.; Fuller, R.A. (2019). "The global distribution and trajectory of tidal flats". Nature. 565 (7738): 222–225. doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0805-8. PMID 30568300. S2CID 56481043.

gpo.gov (Global: 1,360^th place; English: 845^th place)

U.S. State Department, Common Core Document to U.N. Committee on Human Rights, December 30, 2011, Item 22, 27, 80; Homeland Security Public Law 107-296 Sec.2.(16)(A); Presidential Proclamation of national jurisdiction [1]

handle.net (Global: 102^nd place; English: 76^th place)

hdl.handle.net

Longman, Ryan J.; Giambelluca, Thomas W.; Nullet, Michael A.; Loope, Lloyd L. (July 2015). "ScholarSpace at University of Hawaii at Manoa: Climatology of Haleakalā". hdl:10125/36675. R.J. Longman and T.W. Giambelluca. Climatology of Haleakala. Climatology of Haleakalā Technical Report No. 193. Volume 1, Issue 1. Pages 105–106. 2015. Retrieved September 1, 2019.

hawaii.edu (Global: 1,308^th place; English: 924^th place)

scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu

Longman, Ryan J.; Giambelluca, Thomas W.; Nullet, Michael A.; Loope, Lloyd L. (July 2015). "ScholarSpace at University of Hawaii at Manoa: Climatology of Haleakalā". hdl:10125/36675. R.J. Longman and T.W. Giambelluca. Climatology of Haleakala. Climatology of Haleakalā Technical Report No. 193. Volume 1, Issue 1. Pages 105–106. 2015. Retrieved September 1, 2019.

lonelyplanet.com (Global: 2,064^th place; English: 1,415^th place)

Lonely Planet. "Rainmaker Mountain in Tutuila". Lonely Planet. Archived from the original on October 19, 2017. Retrieved September 1, 2019.

nationalatlas.gov (Global: low place; English: low place)

National Atlas, Average Annual Precipitation, 1961–1990 Archived 2006-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, URL accessed 15 June 2006.

nature.com (Global: 234^th place; English: 397^th place)

Murray, N.J.; Phinn, S.R.; DeWitt, M.; Ferrari, R.; Johnston, R.; Lyons, M.B.; Clinton, N.; Thau, D.; Fuller, R.A. (2019). "The global distribution and trajectory of tidal flats". Nature. 565 (7738): 222–225. doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0805-8. PMID 30568300. S2CID 56481043.

nih.gov (Global: 4^th place; English: 4^th place)

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Murray, N.J.; Phinn, S.R.; DeWitt, M.; Ferrari, R.; Johnston, R.; Lyons, M.B.; Clinton, N.; Thau, D.; Fuller, R.A. (2019). "The global distribution and trajectory of tidal flats". Nature. 565 (7738): 222–225. doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0805-8. PMID 30568300. S2CID 56481043.

noaa.gov (Global: 212^th place; English: 172^nd place)

nssl.noaa.gov

NSSL: Severe Weather 101 Archived 2012-03-20 at the Wayback Machine. Nssl.noaa.gov. Retrieved on 2013-07-29.

nps.gov (Global: 135^th place; English: 105^th place)

"Weather and Climate" (PDF). Official website for Death Valley National Park. National Park Service U. S. Department of the Interior. January 2002. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 10, 2006. Retrieved October 5, 2006.

pacgeo.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

http://www.pacgeo.org/static/maritimeboundaries/Pacgeo.org. Maritime Boundaries. Retrieved July 3, 2020. Archived July 31, 2020, at the Wayback Machine

pbs.org (Global: 198^th place; English: 154^th place)

NOVA, Tornado Heaven, Hunt for the Supertwister, URL accessed 15 June 2006.

semanticscholar.org (Global: 11^th place; English: 8^th place)

api.semanticscholar.org

Murray, N.J.; Phinn, S.R.; DeWitt, M.; Ferrari, R.; Johnston, R.; Lyons, M.B.; Clinton, N.; Thau, D.; Fuller, R.A. (2019). "The global distribution and trajectory of tidal flats". Nature. 565 (7738): 222–225. doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0805-8. PMID 30568300. S2CID 56481043.

state.gov (Global: 264^th place; English: 249^th place)

2009-2017.state.gov

U.S. State Department, Common Core Document to U.N. Committee on Human Rights, December 30, 2011, Item 22, 27, 80; Homeland Security Public Law 107-296 Sec.2.(16)(A); Presidential Proclamation of national jurisdiction [1]

theguardian.com (Global: 12^th place; English: 11^th place)

"3.3 million US adults displaced by natural disasters in past year – survey". the Guardian. Associated Press. January 6, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2023.

theodora.com (Global: 7,749^th place; English: 7,832^nd place)

Countries of the World: 21 Years of World Facts, geographic.org, retrieved August 17, 2008

un.org (Global: 97^th place; English: 164^th place)

unstats.un.org

"Population by Sex, Rate of Population Increase, Surface Area and Density" (PDF). Demographic Yearbook 2005. UN Statistics Division. Retrieved March 25, 2008.

usatoday.com (Global: 41^st place; English: 34^th place)

Williams, Jack Each state's low temperature record, USA today, URL accessed 13 June 2006.
Vergano, Dan (July 12, 2013). "Study:Earthquake increase tied to energy boom". The Burlington Free Press. Burlington, Vermont. pp. 10A. Retrieved July 14, 2013.

usda.gov (Global: 438^th place; English: 336^th place)

srs.fs.usda.gov

"Managing Upland Forests of the Midsouth". United States Forestry Service. Archived from the original on October 17, 2007. Retrieved October 13, 2007.

usgs.gov (Global: 167^th place; English: 198^th place)

tapestry.usgs.gov

"Physiographic Regions". United States Geological Survey. April 17, 2003. Archived from the original on May 15, 2006. Retrieved January 30, 2008.
"A Tapestry of Time and Terrain: The Union of Two Maps – Geology and Topography". United States Geological Survey. Archived from the original on May 15, 2006. Retrieved October 13, 2007.

pubs.usgs.gov

Hereford, Richard, et al., Precipitation History of the Mojave Desert Region, 1893–2001, U.S. Geological Survey, Fact Sheet 117-03, URL accessed 13 June 2006.
O'Connor, Jim E. and John E. Costa, Large Floods in the United States: Where Thley Happen and Why, U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1245, URL accessed 13 June 2006.

usgs.gov

"Cool Earthquake Facts | U.S. Geological Survey". www.usgs.gov. Retrieved September 30, 2023.

earthquake.usgs.gov

"Building Safer Structures". Archived from the original on May 11, 2010.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

https://www.britannica.com/place/United-States-Virgin-Islands. Britannica.com. United States Virgin Islands. Retrieved July 3, 2020. Archived April 29, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
https://www.britannica.com/place/Puerto-RicoBritannica.com. Puerto Rico. Retrieved July 3, 2020. Archived July 2, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
http://www.pacgeo.org/static/maritimeboundaries/Pacgeo.org. Maritime Boundaries. Retrieved July 3, 2020. Archived July 31, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
"Is Hawaii a Part of Oceania or North America?". WorldAtlas. January 12, 2018. Archived from the original on July 11, 2019. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/graphics/ref_maps/physical/pdf/standard_time_zones_of_the_world.pdf Archived January 8, 2018, at the Wayback Machine CIA World Factbook – Standard Time Zones of the World, May 2018. (Map of the world showing the location of the contiguous U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, and the U.S. territories. Territories south of the "0" horizontal line (the equator) are in the southern hemisphere). Retrieved September 1, 2019.
"Physiographic Regions". United States Geological Survey. April 17, 2003. Archived from the original on May 15, 2006. Retrieved January 30, 2008.
"Managing Upland Forests of the Midsouth". United States Forestry Service. Archived from the original on October 17, 2007. Retrieved October 13, 2007.
"A Tapestry of Time and Terrain: The Union of Two Maps – Geology and Topography". United States Geological Survey. Archived from the original on May 15, 2006. Retrieved October 13, 2007.
"USGS National Elevation Dataset (NED) 1 meter Downloadable Data Collection from The National Map 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) – National Geospatial Data Asset (NGDA) National Elevation Data Set (NED)". United States Geological Survey. September 21, 2015. Archived from the original on March 25, 2019. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
Lonely Planet. "Rainmaker Mountain in Tutuila". Lonely Planet. Archived from the original on October 19, 2017. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
"Weather and Climate" (PDF). Official website for Death Valley National Park. National Park Service U. S. Department of the Interior. January 2002. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 10, 2006. Retrieved October 5, 2006.
"WMO Press release No. 956". World Meteorological Organization. September 13, 2012. Archived from the original on April 6, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
National Atlas, Average Annual Precipitation, 1961–1990 Archived 2006-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, URL accessed 15 June 2006.
NSSL: Severe Weather 101 Archived 2012-03-20 at the Wayback Machine. Nssl.noaa.gov. Retrieved on 2013-07-29.
"Building Safer Structures". Archived from the original on May 11, 2010.

wmo.int (Global: 1,896^th place; English: 2,094^th place)

"WMO Press release No. 956". World Meteorological Organization. September 13, 2012. Archived from the original on April 6, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2016.

worldatlas.com (Global: 1,573^rd place; English: 1,326^th place)

"Is Hawaii a Part of Oceania or North America?". WorldAtlas. January 12, 2018. Archived from the original on July 11, 2019. Retrieved June 24, 2019.

worldometers.info (Global: 2,099^th place; English: 6,501^st place)

"Largest Countries in the World by Area". Worldometer. Retrieved March 28, 2025.

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axios.com (Global: 1,716th place; English: 973rd place)

britannica.com (Global: 40th place; English: 58th place)

cia.gov (Global: 89th place; English: 147th place)

data.gov (Global: low place; English: low place)

catalog.data.gov

dhs.gov (Global: 4,767th place; English: 3,136th place)

doi.org (Global: 2nd place; English: 2nd place)

gpo.gov (Global: 1,360th place; English: 845th place)

handle.net (Global: 102nd place; English: 76th place)

hdl.handle.net

hawaii.edu (Global: 1,308th place; English: 924th place)

scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu

lonelyplanet.com (Global: 2,064th place; English: 1,415th place)

nationalatlas.gov (Global: low place; English: low place)

nature.com (Global: 234th place; English: 397th place)

nih.gov (Global: 4th place; English: 4th place)

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noaa.gov (Global: 212th place; English: 172nd place)

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pacgeo.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

pbs.org (Global: 198th place; English: 154th place)

semanticscholar.org (Global: 11th place; English: 8th place)

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state.gov (Global: 264th place; English: 249th place)

2009-2017.state.gov

theguardian.com (Global: 12th place; English: 11th place)

theodora.com (Global: 7,749th place; English: 7,832nd place)

un.org (Global: 97th place; English: 164th place)

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usatoday.com (Global: 41st place; English: 34th place)

usda.gov (Global: 438th place; English: 336th place)

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usgs.gov (Global: 167th place; English: 198th place)

tapestry.usgs.gov

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web.archive.org (Global: 1st place; English: 1st place)

wmo.int (Global: 1,896th place; English: 2,094th place)

worldatlas.com (Global: 1,573rd place; English: 1,326th place)

worldometers.info (Global: 2,099th place; English: 6,501st place)

axios.com (Global: 1,716^th place; English: 973^rd place)

britannica.com (Global: 40^th place; English: 58^th place)

cia.gov (Global: 89^th place; English: 147^th place)

dhs.gov (Global: 4,767^th place; English: 3,136^th place)

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

gpo.gov (Global: 1,360^th place; English: 845^th place)

handle.net (Global: 102^nd place; English: 76^th place)

hawaii.edu (Global: 1,308^th place; English: 924^th place)

lonelyplanet.com (Global: 2,064^th place; English: 1,415^th place)

nature.com (Global: 234^th place; English: 397^th place)

nih.gov (Global: 4^th place; English: 4^th place)

noaa.gov (Global: 212^th place; English: 172^nd place)

nps.gov (Global: 135^th place; English: 105^th place)

pbs.org (Global: 198^th place; English: 154^th place)

semanticscholar.org (Global: 11^th place; English: 8^th place)

state.gov (Global: 264^th place; English: 249^th place)

theguardian.com (Global: 12^th place; English: 11^th place)

theodora.com (Global: 7,749^th place; English: 7,832^nd place)

un.org (Global: 97^th place; English: 164^th place)

usatoday.com (Global: 41^st place; English: 34^th place)

usda.gov (Global: 438^th place; English: 336^th place)

usgs.gov (Global: 167^th place; English: 198^th place)

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

wmo.int (Global: 1,896^th place; English: 2,094^th place)

worldatlas.com (Global: 1,573^rd place; English: 1,326^th place)

worldometers.info (Global: 2,099^th place; English: 6,501^st place)