英语国家概况PPT-美国.ppt

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1、TheUnitedStatesofAmericaGeographyandPeopleContentsGeography1Climate3NaturalResources4People5MajorCities2Watchthefollowingmapcarefullyandfindcluestothefollowingitemslocation(borderingneighbors)States(thesmallest&thelargeststate)SizeandLocationInthecentralpartofNorthAmerica(exceptAlaskaandHa

2、waii)CanadaonthenorthMexicoandtheGulfofMexicoonthesouthAtlanticOceanontheeastPacificOceanonthewesttotalarea—9.5millionsquarekilometers;Thewholecountryincludes50statesandafederaldistrict,theDistrictofColumbia—theseatoftheFederalGovernment.Statesoriginal48statesAlaskaandHawaiibecamethe49thin

3、1867and50thstatesin1959.AlaskabordersonnorthwesternCanadaHawaiiliesinthecentralPacificOceanAlaska—thelargest(1717,854sqkm)RhodeIsland—thesmallestTexas—thelargestonthemainland(695,621sqkm)1.ThreeGeographicalDivisionsGeographicalDivisionsCentralpartEasternpartWesternpartTheEasternPartTheeast

4、ernpart—thehighlandsformedbytheAppalachianRange(阿巴拉挈亚山系).onesixthofthenationalterritoryrelativelylow,withanaveragealtitudeof800metersabovesealevelTheWesternPartHighplateaus(高原)andmountains—formedbytheGreatCordilleraRange（科迪勒拉山系）,extendingfromCanadathroughthewesternpartoftheUnitedStatestoMe

5、xicoandfurthersouth.Onethirdofthecountry’sterritoryRockymountainswithanaveragealtitudeofmorethan3000metersabovesealevels.TheGreatCentralPlain（中部大平原）BetweentheAppalachiansintheeastandtheRockyMountainsinthewesthalfofAmerica’slandmassonthecontinentstretchfromtheGreatLakesinthenorthtotheGulfof

6、MexicointhesouthfivegreatlakesandNiagaraFallsThefiveGreatLakes:LakeSuperior,LakeMichigan,LakeHuron,LakeErie,LakeOntario.LakeSuperior:thelargestfreshwaterlakeofitskindLakeMichigan:whollywithinUnitedStatesNiagaraFalls(尼亚加拉大瀑布)NiagaraFalls--locatedontheU.S.–CanadianborderbetweenLakeErieandLak

7、eOntario.NiagaraFalls2.MainGeographicalRegionsNewEnglandRegion(新英格兰地区)TheMid-AtlanticStatesRegion（大西洋中部地区）TheSouthRegion（南部地区）TheMidwestRegion（中西部地区）TheWestRegion（西部地区）TheRegionoftheGreatPlains(大平原地区)Alaska(阿拉斯加地区)Hawaii(夏威夷地区)NewEnglandincludingsixstatesinthe