Update 2 — Jan 30, 2020: The rollout of revamped ‌Apple Maps‌ in the Southeast and Central United States now appears to be complete. This includes the addition of traffic lights and stop ...

By geographical happenstance, the central United States is home to tornado-producing weather patterns, but tornadoes touch down outside the continental U. S., as well.

On how the geography of the United States contributes to its position as a world power "America has more miles of inland waterways than almost anywhere else in the world. It's in the temperate zone.

The large-format colored map, “Earthquakes in the Central United States - 1699-2002 identifies the infamous New Madrid earthquakes of 1811 and 1812 which by today’s standards would have been ...