Talk:Geography of the United States
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[edit] las vegas
your article mentions that prostitution is legal in las vegas, which is incorrect. Nevada state law provides that any county with a population of less that 400,000 people may allow prostitution. this exludes Clark county, in which las vegas is located, because it has a population of over 400,000. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.113.55.21 (talk) 12:17, 1 January 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Borders
I have added a {{Fact}} tag to this sentence:
The United States shares land borders with Canada and Mexico, and water borders with Russia, Cuba, and the Bahamas.
According to Territorial waters, Cuba, the Bahamas, and the U.S. all claim 12 miles. Can the U.S. be said to border nations separated from it by the high seas? Kablammo 21:34, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
- The CIA Factbook page on the US says under "Disputes, International": "The Bahamas and US have not been able to agree on a maritime boundary". This doesn't really answer your question, but kinda pokes at it. Pfly 05:31, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
- Good source. It makes a distinction between territorial waters (12 nm) and exclusive economic zones (200 nm). It does not appear that the Bahamas are within 24 nm of the US. Perhaps the issue is competing claims over the continental shelf. In any even the statements about Cuba, the Bahamas, and "numerous smaller nations" are unattributed and they should be deleted unless citations are given. Kablammo 13:05, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
- I have changed or deleted the questioned assertions and removed the tag. Kablammo 22:46, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Cultural regions
This is an article about geography, not cultural stereotypes. The discussion of regional stereotypes may have a place in some other article (if properly referenced and even-handed) but they do not belong here. Kablammo 16:06, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
- The whole section on culture is unsalvageable, in my humble opinion. Struck it in its entirety. Note that a separate Culture of the United States article already exists. I would suggest a rewrite, if it must be dealt with here, as a summary of the region, climate, and nature-related sections of the aforelinked main culture article. MrZaiustalk 16:37, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Missing sections
Aside from the aforementioned deletion of the original research-laden unsourced culture section, note that we could also use a section on the environment and flora & fauna. As such, assessed as start class for the relevant Wikiproject. MrZaiustalk 16:55, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Elevations
The article states:
Lowest point: Death Valley, Inyo County, California 282 feet below sea level (-86 m).
This is not correct. The lowest point is the bottom of the Lake Superior rift valley, at 733 feet below sea level. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.42.71.103 (talk) 18:17, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Human geography
This article seems to deal with only the physical geography of the U.S., while I argue that human geography of any region is just as important as the physical geography. "Geography" is a broad a term, and should mean both physical and human geography. What I suggest then is that either a section be created to discuss this aspect, or perhaps another article like Human geography of the United States be made. ~ UBeR (talk) 03:05, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
