United States,countryinNorth America, a federalrepublicof 50 states. Besides the 48 conterminous states that occupy the middle latitudes of thecontinent, theUnited Statesincludes the state ofAlaska, at the northwestern extreme of North America, and the island state ofHawaii, in the mid-Pacific Oce...
New Zealand, island country in the South Pacific Ocean, the southwesternmost part of Polynesia. The country comprises two main islands—the North and South islands—and a number of small islands, some of them hundreds of miles from the main group. The ca
Montserrat has a narrow coastal plain. Its few beaches have mainly gray or brown sand because of their volcanic origins. The single white-sand beach is atRendezvousBay in the north. Coral reefs line parts of the northern shore. Approximately one-fifth of the island is forested. Though Montser...