初中英语 英美文化 Survey of America素材

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1、SurveyofAmericaPart1GeographyChapter1AGeneralIntroductiontoPhysicalGeographynTheUSissituatedinthecentralpartofNAwithAlaskainNWofNA&HawaiiincentralPacific.•North:Canada;•South:Mexico&GulfofMexico;•East:theAtlanticOcean;•West:thePacificOcean.nTotalarea:9372614sq.Km1ThreeGeographicalD

2、ivisions1)TheeasternpartnMadeupoftheHighlandsformedbytheAppalachian.nEast:thePiedmontPlateaunWest:theAppalachianPlateaunMiddle:theAppalachianRange2)ThewesternpartnConsistsofhighplateausandmountainsformedbytheGreatCordilleraRange.nWest:theCoastRangenMiddle:theCascadesnEast:theRockyM

3、ts.nTwoplateauswestofRocky:theColoradoP(S)&theColumbiaP(N)nYellowstoneNationalParkislocatedinNWpartofWyoming.nTheoldestnationalparknThelargestwildlifepreserveinUSnYellowrockswiththeYellowstoneRivernThousandsofhotspring&geysersnOldFaithfulisthemostfamousgeyser,eruptingmorethan100fee

4、tevery73minutes.nColoradoValley,alsocalledGrandCanyon,isinNArizona.nOneofthegreatnaturalwondersn277mileslong,18mileswide,1mdeep3)ThecentralplainnLiesinbetweentheRockyMts.&theAppalachians,stretchesfromtheGreatLakes(N)totheGulfofMexico(S).nOccupies½ofAmerica’slandmass.2Rivers&LakesTh

5、eThreeMajorRiverSystems1)ThesystemofGulfnTheMississippiRiver:flowsfromtheGreatLakestotheGulfofMexico.nItisofthegreatestriversintheworld.nMajortributaries:theMissouri&Ohio2)TheAtlanticSystem26nTheHudsonRiver:oneofthemainarteriesforinlandwaterwaytraffic.3)ThePacificSystemnTwomajorRiv

6、ers:theColumbiaRiver&theColoradoRiverTheGreatLakesnLakeMichigan,Superior,Erie,Huron,&OntarionLiesbetweentheboundaryofCanadaandUS.nSuperioristhelargestfreshwaterlakeintheworld.nMichiganiswhollywithintheUS.nNiagaraFalls:liesbetweenErie&Ontario;1240mwideand49mdrop3ClimatenSincetheUnit

7、edStatescoversalargearea,therearedifferenttypesofclimateindifferentregions.nTheSouth,SW&California:haveawarmerclimatewithmoistair.nTheWest:theweatherisdry;thereislittlerain;dayshot;nightscoolnTheCentralPlain,NE&theGreatLakes:hotsummer&coldwinter,muchrain/snow.4NaturalResourcenTheUS

8、isrichinnaturalresourceind