Continental United States

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Continental_United_States

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	geographical region
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:contiguous_United_States gptkb:CONUS
gptkbp:area	about 3,119,884 square miles
gptkbp:borders	gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean gptkb:Canada gptkb:Gulf_of_Mexico gptkb:Mexico gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:capital	gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:climate	varied
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:currency	gptkb:United_States_dollar
gptkbp:excludes	gptkb:Alaska gptkb:Hawaii gptkb:U.S._territories
gptkbp:highestPoint	gptkb:Mount_Whitney
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Continental United States
gptkbp:includes	gptkb:District_of_Columbia 48 contiguous states
gptkbp:largestCity	gptkb:Lake_Superior gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:North_America
gptkbp:longestRiver	gptkb:Missouri_River
gptkbp:lowestPoint	gptkb:Badwater_Basin,_Death_Valley
gptkbp:officialLanguage	English
gptkbp:population	over 330 million (as of 2020)
gptkbp:timezone	gptkb:Central_Time_Zone gptkb:Eastern_Time_Zone gptkb:Mountain_Time_Zone gptkb:Pacific_Time_Zone
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:United_States_Northern_Command gptkb:FORSCOM gptkb:U.S._Army_Forces_Command
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5