There are fifty states in the United States of America. Two of these states, Alaska and Hawaii, are not connected to the other states. The US is washed by the Pacific Ocean in the west, by the Atlantic Ocean in the east, by the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico in the south. In the north are Great Lakes.. There are shores of the Atlantic Ocean to the islands of Hawaii in the Pacific, and from cold, snowy northern Alaska to sunny Florida in the southeast. More than 250 million people live in the US..Many rivers cross the United States. But the greatest is the mighty Mississippi. Native Americans called it "the father of waters".Mississippi has been an important waterway since early times, The Colorado River rises in the Rocky Mountains or the Rockies that stretch from Alaska down almost to the south of the country. Another big mountain chain is the Appalachians in the east also running from north south. The Grand Canyon is one of America's main tourist attractions. The Colorado River formed the Grand Canyon over millions of years. The canyon is one mile deep and 200 miles (320 km) long. The United States is a young country. Its written history is only a few hundred years old. Over the last four hundred years millions of people have come to start a new life in this country.They built the first skyscrapers. Also they like to visit historic houses and museums. The people of the United States are a mixture of many different nationalities. In the past, people from many different European countries came to the US and made one country out of many.These different people brought to their new land a wonderful mixture of customs and traditions.Сжал как мог стараясь не упустить главное