Sternotherus odoratus. Sternotherus odoratus is a species of small turtle native to southeastern Canada and much of the Eastern United States. It is also known as the common musk turtle, eastern musk turtle, or stinkpot due to its ability to release a foul musky odor from scent glands on the edge of its shell, possibly to deter predation.
Originally Washington DC was 10 miles square (or 100 square miles). But some of the land was returned to the Commonwealth of Virginia. Today the city is...    Area  â¦ - City 68.3 sq mi (177.0 km2)   - Land 61.4 sq mi (159.0 km2)   - Water 6.9 sq mi (18.0 km2)
The land area of the contiguous United States is 2,959,064 square miles (7,663,940.6 km2). Alaska, separated from the contiguous United States by Canada, is the largest state at 663,268 square miles (1,717,856.2 km2). Hawaii, occupying an archipelago in the central Pacific, southwest of North America, is 10,931 square miles (28,311 km2) in area.