United States - Environment
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About the environment of United States
Climate We have 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
Revenue from forest resources
Revenue from coal
Waste and recycling Municipal solid waste generated annually: 265.225 million tons (2024 est.)
Total renewable water resources 3.069 trillion cubic meters (2022 est.)
Major rivers (by length in km)
Total water withdrawal
Municipal 58.39 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)
Industrial 209.7 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)
Agricultural 176.2 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)
Land Use
Agricultural land 45.1% (2022 est.)
Agricultural land: arable land arable land: 16.6% (2022 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent crops permanent crops: 0.3% (2022 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent pasture permanent pasture: 28.2% (2022 est.)
Forest 33.9% (2022 est.)
Other 21% (2022 est.)
Urbanization
Urban population 83.3% of total population (2023)
Rate of urbanization 0.96% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas (Pop) 18.937 million New York-Newark, 12.534 million Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, 8.937 million Chicago, 6.707 million Houston, 6.574 million Dallas-Fort Worth, 5.490 million WASHINGTON, D.C. (capital) (2023).
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United States is found in North America