Chapter 1 Introduction

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1、Chapter1IntroductionJenniferDu2011/03/01GeographyLocation:ThecontinentalUSstretchesacrossNorthAmerica.ItbordersCanadatotheNorthandMexicotothesouth.Alaskajutsfromnorth-westernCanadaandHawaiiliesoffthecountry'swesterncoast,inthemiddleofthePacific.TheAtlanticOceanistotheea

2、standthePacificOceanistothewest.Therearealtogether50states&aspecialdistrict:WashingtonD.C.Alaska&HawaiiarethetwoneweststatesinAmerica.ImportantFactsAboutAmericaFullCountryName:TheUnitedStatesofAmericaOtherNames:America,theStates,theUS,orUncleSamArea:TheUnitedStatesis9.3

3、millionsquarekilometers.The4thlargestcountryintheworldafterRussia,CanadaandChina.CapitalCity:WashingtonD.C.StateSize:AlaskaisthelargestandRhodeIslandisthesmallest.ButonmainlandTexasisthelargest.Thelongestriver:MississippiRiver,thelongestintheworld.Ithasbeencalled“father

4、ofwaters”or“oldmanriver”TheRioGrandeRiverformsanaturalboundarybetweenMexicoandtheUnitedStatesTwogreatriversonthePacificside:theColoradointhesouthandtheColumbiawhichrisesinCanadaTheOhioriveriswellknownforitssteelindustryandtheareaalongtheriverisrichinvaluablecokingcoalIm

5、portantFactsAboutAmericaTheGreatLakes:(fromwesttoeast)LakeSuperior(thelargestfreshwaterlakeintheworld),LakeMichigan,LakeHuron,LakeErie,&LakeOntario.LakeMichiganonlyentirelyinUSA.Theother4belongtobothUSA&Canada.ImportantMountains:theAppalachianmountainsintheeast,theRocky

6、Mountainsinthewest,andtheSierraNevadaalongtheborderofNevadaandCalifornia.PhysicalRegionsoftheUnitedStatesPacificCoast:beginninginthewestandincludingtallmountainsfromAlaskatoMexicoIntermountainRegion:intheeastcoastRockyMountains:fromAlaskathroughCanadaintotheU.S.Interior

7、Plains:betweentheRockiesandtheAppalachianMountainsAppalachianMountains:runsalongtheeasternpartofNorthAmericaCanadianShield:CoastalPlains:HawaiianIslands:TheGrandCanyonTheGreatSaltLakeImportantCitiesWashingtonD.C.ThecapitaloftheU.S.WashingtonMonumentJeffersonMemorialLinc

8、olnMemorialTheWhiteHouseTheCapitolLibraryofCongressImportantCitiesNewYork(theBigApple)ThelargestcityinboththeU