Location: North America, bordering both the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Pacific Ocean, between Canada and Mexico Geographic coordinates: 38° 0' N, 97° 0' W Coastline: 19,924 km km Climate: Mostly temperate, but tropical in Hawaii and Florida, arctic in Alaska, semiarid in the great plains west of the Mississippi River, and arid in the Great Basin of the southwest; low winter temperatures in the northwest are ameliorated occasionally in January and February by warm chinook winds from the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains Terrain: Vast central plain, mountains in west, hills and low mountains in east; rugged mountains and broad river valleys in Alaska; rugged, volcanic topography in Hawaii Elevation: lowest point: Death Valley -86 m
highest point: Mount McKinley 6,194 m Natural hazards: Tsunamis, volcanoes, and earthquake activity around Pacific Basin; hurricanes along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts; tornadoes in the midwest and southeast; mud slides in California; forest fires in the west; flooding; permafrost in northern Alaska, a major impediment to development Currency: US dollar (USD) Population: 295,734,134 (July 2005 est.) Languages: English, Spanish (spoken by a sizable minority) Capital: Washington, DC Divisions: 50 states and 1 district*; Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia*, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
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Toured the lake. Old VW bug, swam through sunken school bus, around sunken airplane, down to the rock crusher and through the rock crusher. Returned to school bus and executed rescue of an unconscious diver from the bottom.
Fantasy Lake Scuba Park, United States of America
By mellodive, 2008-04-03 04:19:32 Open Water 1 - 2nd dive
Worked on Regulator recovery, airshare, and CESAs around sunken glass bottom boat. Also did ditch and dons at the surface.
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Trip: Crystal River
By lea, From 2007-02-02 to 2007-02-06
I'm just back from Crystal River
where I met manatees. I went both to King's sp More...
Trip: Florida 2006
By , From 2006-08-15 to 2006-08-20
My first visit to Florida. I was visitting my cousin Caroline in Miami, and get this opportunity to dive Florida Keys. It's a great place to dive.
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Trip: Virginia Coast
By Christopherweldon, From 2006-08-14 to 2006-08-14
Boat trip with Jeff Ullmann for a two tank dive in the Atlantic on Hank's Trawler
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Trip: Certification
By Christopherweldon, From 2006-08-06 to 2006-08-06
First dives after OW scuba cert
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Trip: Florida '06
By scaron04, From 2006-03-26 to 2006-04-03
So, Florida '06 was my dive certification trip! I did 5 dives on the trip in total
Actually, the 5th dive was kind of a bonus!! My dive instructor Mike, had access to The Living Seas at Epcot center in Disneyworl More...