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1、SF200HOURFAMILIARIZATONCOURSEIntroductionToGeorgiaGEOGRAPHYGeorgiaMapFlagofGeorgiaGeorgiaisasmallcountryaboutthesizeofWestVirginia.ItislocatedinthesouthwesternpartofAsiabetweenTurkeyandRussia.Itsareaisapproximately69,875squarekilometers(26,911sqmiles).Georgia,whichisinaregionknownasCaucasia,i
2、slocatedinthewrinkledAlpinezoneinthenorthernperipheryofthesubtropicalzone.ItslocationrepresentsaneasterngatewaytoEurope.TheBlackSeaistothewest,theRussianFederationistothenorth,Azerbaijanistotheeast,andArmeniaandTurkeyaresouthofit.TherepublicalsoincludesAbkhaziaandAjara,theautonomousrepublics,
3、aswellasSouthOssetia.ThecapitalofGeorgiaisTbilisi,whichisoneoftheoldestcitiesexistingtoday.TheearliestwrittenrecordsofthecitydatefromthefourthcenturyA.D.ThecitywaslocatedononeoftheSilkRoadroutesandhasalwaysbeenanimportanttradeandcommercecenter.Today,itisabeautifulmulti-culturalcitywithcobbled
4、stonestreetsandhotsprings.BecauseofitslocationbetweenAsiaandEurope,itisablendoftheEastandtheWest.1CLIMATEFallinTbilisiWinterinTbilisiGeorgia'sclimateisaffectedbythewarmmoistairthatblowsfromtheBlackSeafromthewestandtheMediterraneaninfluencesfromtheeast.TheGreaterCaucasusmountainrangeprovidesab
5、arrieragainstthecoldairfromthenorth.TheclimaticzonesaredeterminedbythedistancefromtheBlackSeaandbyaltitude.AlongtheBlackSeacoast,fromAbkhaziatotheTurkishborder,andintheregionknownastheKolkhidaLowlands,theclimateissubtropical.Here,thereishighhumidityandheavyprecipitation(1,000to2,000millimeter
6、speryear).Severalvarietiesofpalmtreesgrowintheseregions,wherethemidwinteraveragetemperatureis5ºC(42°F)andthemidsummeraverageis22ºC(71.6°F).TheplainsofeasternGeorgiahaveacontinentalclimate.Here,thesummersarewarmer.Temperaturesgenerallyrangefrom20ºCto24ºC(68-75.2ºF),andthewintersarerelativelyco
7、ldwithtemperaturesbetween2ºCto4ºC(35.6-39.2ºF).Thehumidityislower,andrainfallaverages500to800millimetersperyear.Thealpineandhighlandregions,aswellasasemi-aridregionontheIoriPlateau,havedistinctmicroclimates.Thesehigherelevations,inbotheastern
