50 states.

Alabama

Southeastern state bordered by Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi; features the Mobile Bay estuary and the southern foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.

Alaska

The largest US state by total area, located in the far northwest of North America; features extensive coastlines along the Arctic and Pacific Oceans and Denali, North America's highest peak.

Arizona

Southwestern state characterized by the Sonoran Desert, the Colorado Plateau, and the Grand Canyon.

Arkansas

Southeastern interior state bordered by six states; features the Ozark and Ouachita mountain ranges and the fertile alluvial lowlands of the Mississippi River.

California

Pacific coastal state featuring the Central Valley, the Sierra Nevada mountain range, Death Valley, and more than 800 miles of coastline.

Colorado

Western state characterized by the central Rocky Mountains, high eastern plains, the Continental Divide, and over 50 peaks exceeding 14,000 feet.

Connecticut

Southernmost New England state bordered by Long Island Sound; features a major central river valley and rolling coastal uplands.

Delaware

Small mid-Atlantic state occupying the northeastern Delmarva Peninsula; bordered by a large namesake bay, the Atlantic Ocean, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.

Florida

Southeastern peninsula bordered by the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean; predominantly low-lying terrain featuring the Everglades wetlands and a southern chain of coral keys.

Georgia

Southeastern state extending from the Blue Ridge Mountains in the north to the Atlantic coastal plain in the south; bordered by Tennessee, the Carolinas, Florida, and Alabama.

Hawaii

Isolated volcanic archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean comprising eight main islands; home to active shield volcanoes such as Kilauea and Mauna Loa.

Idaho

Northwestern mountainous state bordered by six states and Canada; defined by the Northern Rocky Mountains, the Snake River Plain, and Hells Canyon.

Illinois

Midwestern state bordered by Lake Michigan to the northeast and the Mississippi River to the west; predominantly composed of flat prairie terrain.

Indiana

Midwestern state situated south of Lake Michigan; characterized by northern glaciated plains, central till plains, and southern rolling hills along the Ohio River.

Iowa

Midwestern state bounded entirely by two major rivers: the Mississippi to the east and the Missouri and Big Sioux to the west; dominated by rolling prairie.

Kansas

Central Plains state located in the geographic center of the contiguous US; characterized by rolling tallgrass prairie that rises westward to the High Plains.

Kentucky

East South Central state bounded by the Ohio River to the north and the Mississippi River to the west; famous for the karst landscape of Mammoth Cave and the Bluegrass region.

Louisiana

Gulf Coast state defined by the Mississippi River Delta, extensive coastal marshes, bayous, and Lake Pontchartrain.

Maine

Northeasternmost US state, characterized by a rugged, rocky Atlantic coastline, dense pine forests, and Mount Katahdin.

Maryland

Mid-Atlantic state bisected by the Chesapeake Bay; features the Piedmont plateau, Western Appalachian highlands, and the Atlantic coastal plain.

Massachusetts

New England coastal state featuring Cape Cod, the Atlantic coastline, the Connecticut River Valley, and the Berkshire Mountains in the west.

Michigan

Midwestern state composed of two large peninsulas bounded by four of the five Great Lakes: Superior, Huron, Erie, and its namesake western lake.

Minnesota

Upper Midwestern state known for thousands of glacial lakes; contains the headwaters of the Mississippi River at Lake Itasca and borders Lake Superior.

Mississippi

Deep South state bordered on the west by the continent's largest river system; features fertile alluvial floodplains, pine hills, and a narrow coastline along the Gulf of Mexico.

Missouri

Midwestern state traversed by two major continental river systems; features rolling northern plains and the heavily forested Ozark Plateau in the south.

Montana

Northern Rocky Mountain and Great Plains state bordering Canada; home to Glacier National Park and the headwaters of the Missouri River.

Nebraska

Great Plains state bisected by the Platte River; dominated by the fertile Dissected Till Plains in the east and the expansive Sandhills in the west.

Nevada

Mountainous Great Basin state almost entirely covered by arid desert and north-south mountain ranges; bordered by the Sierra Nevada and the Colorado River.

New Hampshire

New England state featuring the White Mountains, Mount Washington, an 18-mile Atlantic shoreline, and Lake Winnipesaukee.

New Jersey

Mid-Atlantic peninsula bordered by the Hudson River, the Delaware River, and the Atlantic Ocean; characterized by the Pine Barrens and extensive barrier beaches.

New Mexico

Southwestern state characterized by high desert, mesas, the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, and the Rio Grande valley; shares an international border with Mexico.

New York

Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern state extending from Long Island and the Atlantic coast north to the Adirondack Mountains and west to Lake Ontario and Lake Erie.

North Carolina

Southeastern coastal state encompassing three distinct regions: the Atlantic Coastal Plain with the Outer Banks barrier islands, the central Piedmont, and the Blue Ridge Mountains.

North Dakota

Upper Midwestern state bordered by Canada; dominated by the Great Plains, the Red River Valley in the east, and rugged badlands in the west.

Ohio

Midwestern state bordered by Lake Erie to the north and the Ohio River to the south; features glaciated till plains in the west and the Allegheny Plateau in the east.

Oklahoma

South Central state featuring a distinct western panhandle; characterized by Great Plains prairie, the Arbuckle and Wichita mountains, and the Red River basin.

Oregon

Pacific Northwest coastal state characterized by the Cascade Mountain Range, Crater Lake, the Columbia River Gorge, and high desert in the east.

Pennsylvania

Mid-Atlantic state defined by the Appalachian Mountains running diagonally across its center; borders Lake Erie in the northwest and the Delaware River in the east.

Rhode Island

The smallest US state by area, situated around Narragansett Bay in southern New England with extensive coastal shoreline and islands.

South Carolina

Southeastern state extending from the Blue Ridge Mountains through the Sandhills down to the Lowcountry Atlantic coast and sea islands.

South Dakota

Upper Midwestern state divided by the Missouri River into eastern farming plains and western ranching highlands containing the Black Hills and the Badlands.

Tennessee

Southeastern inland state divided into three distinct Grand Divisions, bounded by the Great Smoky Mountains to the east and the Mississippi River to the west.

Texas

The largest state in the contiguous US, encompassing Gulf coastal plains, central Hill Country, rolling plains, and the Trans-Pecos desert mountains.

Utah

Western state defined by the Wasatch Range, the Great Salt Lake, red rock canyons, and the Colorado Plateau; intersects the Four Corners.

Vermont

Inland New England state dominated by the north-south Green Mountains; bordered by Lake Champlain to the west and the Connecticut River to the east.

Virginia

Mid-Atlantic state stretching from the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic coastal plain through the Piedmont and Blue Ridge Mountains to the Appalachian Plateau.

Washington

Pacific Northwest coastal state bisected by the volcanic Cascade Range; features the Puget Sound, the Olympic Peninsula temperate rainforest, and the Columbia Plateau.

West Virginia

Appalachian state situated entirely within the Appalachian Mountain range; characterized by rugged, heavily forested, dissected plateau topography.

Wisconsin

Upper Midwestern state bordered by Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, and the Mississippi River; features glaciated plains, the Driftless Area, and thousands of glacial lakes.

Wyoming

Rocky Mountain and High Plains state containing the Grand Teton range, the Yellowstone Plateau, and the Bighorn Basin.