美国地理概况

ALookatNorthAmerica-videoEightRegionsofNorthAmerica8RegionsofNorthAmerica1)CoastalRange2)BasinandRange3)RockyMountains4)GreatPlains5)InteriorLowlands6)CanadianShield7)AppalachianMountains8)CoastalPlainsCoastalRangeWestoftheRockyMountainsStretchesfromCanadatoCaliforniaMadeupofRuggedMountainsandFertileValleysCoastalRangeCoastalRangeBasinandRangeWestoftheRockyMountainsEastoftheSierraNevadasandtheCascadesVaryingelevationsandisolatedmountainrangesDeathValleyDeathValleyisthelowestpointinNorthAmerica.ItisadesertvalleylocatedinEasternCalifornia.BasinandRangeRockyMountainsWestoftheGreatPlainsEastoftheGreatBasinRuggedMountainswithHighElevationsIncludestheContinentalDivideTheContinentalDivide大陆分水岭determinesthedirectionalflowofriversRockyMountainsGreatPlainsWestoftheInteriorLowlandsEastoftheRockyMountainsFlatlandsthatincreaseinelevationslightlytothewestKnownforgrasslandsGreatPlainsGreatPlainsInteriorLowlandsWestoftheAppalachianMountainsEastoftheGreatPlainsLowlandsofrollingflatlandsRiversBroadvalleysandGrassyhillsInteriorLowlandsInteriorLowlandsCanadianShield加拿大地盾-videoWrapsaroundthesouthernportionsoftheGreatLakesandtheHudsonBayHillswornbyerosionHundredsofglaciercarvedlakes冰川湖SomeoftheoldestrockformationsinNorthAmericaCanadianShieldTheseareTrees.ThousandsofLakesCanadianShield,rockformationsAppalachianMountainsWestoftheCoastalPlainsRangefromCanadatowesternAlabamaOldestmountainsinNorthAmericaOlderodedmountainsAppalachianMountainsAppalachianMountainsinthefall.CoastalPlainsStretchesalongtheAtlanticOceanBroadlowlandwithexcellentharborsBorderstheGulfofMexicoLongsandybeachesAbayintheCoastalPlainsInlets河口,baysandcapes海角,岬alongtheCoastalPlainsTheContouroftheUSTheRockyMountainsinCanadaandtheUnitedStatesAppalachianMountainsMississippiRiverUSGeographyBasicsThirdlargestcountryintheworld.HalfthesizeofRussia.OnethirdthesizeofAfrica.HalfthesizeofSouthAmerica.2½timesthesizeofWesternEurope.Regions&TimeZonesoftheU.S.–video(GeographyoftheUSA)AmericanFlag-videoTheStarSpangledBanner(nationalanthem)星条旗TopographyoftheUSTheMississippiisthetraditionaldividinglineinAmericabetween“East”and“West”.TopographyoftheNortheastNewYork,NewYork!Boston,Massachusetts:TheHotbedofRevolutionPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania:TheBirthofLibertyANewEnglandFallKancamagusHighway,MaineCoveredBridgeovertheConnecticutRiverThebackroadsofVermontNorth-SouthDivide:TheMason-DixonLineCharlesMason&JeremiahDixon:1763-1767Mason-Dixonline梅森迪克森线是美国宾夕法尼亚州和马里兰州的分界线，也是南北战征之前美国的南北区域分界线。这条分界线是美国历史上文化和经济的分界线。其名称是为了纪念发现宾夕法尼亚和马里兰之间的地理分界线的18世纪的英格兰探险者JeremiahDixon和CharlesMason。这一地理名词在美国的电影，音乐和文学作品中常有提及。TopographyoftheSoutheastCharleston,SC:TheSouth’sFirstPortNewOrleans,LA:TheBigEasyTopographyoftheMidwestTheGreatLakesregioncontainsnotonlythefivemainlakesthemselves,butalsonumerousminorlakesandrivers,aswellasapproximately35,000islands.TheGreatLakesareacollectionoffreshwaterlakeslocatedineasternNorthAmerica,ontheCanada–UnitedStatesborder.ConsistingofLakesSuperior,Michigan,Huron,Erie,andOntario,theyformthelargestgroupoffreshwaterlakesonEarth.TheyaresometimesreferredtoastheThirdCoastbysomecitizensoftheUnitedStates.ChicagoSkyline:The“Second”City芝加哥芝加哥是美国第三大城市，人们将这座城市称为“风城”（TheWindyCity）、“第二城”（TheSecondCity）、“芝城”（Chi-Town）、“世界屠猪城”（HogButcherfortheWorld）、“巨肩之城”（CityoftheBigShoulders）、“劳动之城”（TheCityThatWorks）。如此多的称呼指的都是一座城市——芝加哥（Chicago）。如今的芝加哥是美国非常受欢迎的旅游城市，芝加哥市也有很多著名的景点，如希尔斯大厦、林肯公园、林肯动物园、旧水塔、密歇根大街、海军码头等每年都会吸引众多的游客来此。如果您是篮球迷，自然不要忘记去芝加哥公牛队（ChicagoBulls）的主场联合中心球馆(UnitedCenter)一睹“飞人”迈克尔·乔丹（MichaelJordan）雕像的风采。TheGreatPlainsTopographyoftheWestLosAngeles:TheCityofAngels?Hollywood:CityofLostDreams(CapitolRecords)(国会唱片)(属于EMI百代唱片)BodiesofWaterChesapeakeBayGreatSaltLakeLakeOkeechobeeRiversPotomacR.OhioR.ColumbiaR.YukonR.ThelongestriverintheUnitedStatesistheMissouriRiver.(2,540miles)TheMississippi:America’sGreatRiverRoadThe“BigMuddy”.2,350miles.(1英里约1.6公里)Drainingallorpartof31states&2Canadianprovinces.Covers40%oftheU.S.MississippiRiverboat比较TheYangtzeRiverisabout6300kmlong(3915mi).GreatSaltLake2000squaremiles.10’–28’deep.6timessaltierthantheoceans.LakeOkeechobee,FLTheGulfofMexicoMountains&PlateausAlaskanRange^Mt.Whitney^Mt.McKinley^Pike’sPeakTheContinentalDivideContinentalDivide•themainseriesofmountainridgesinNorthAmerica,chieflythecrestsoftheRockyMountains,whichformawatershedseparatingtheriversflowingeastwardsintotheAtlanticOceanortheGulfofMexicofromthoseflowingwestwardsintothePacific•北美洲大陆分水岭。•亦称GreatDivideGrandCanyon(Arizona)PlainsGreatBasinTheGreatPlainsPlateausCumberlandPlateau&‘Gap’坎伯兰高原和岬口AL,KY,TN,VA,WV24,640sq.mi.Naturalpassage[Gap]throughtheCumberlandMts.DesertsMohaveDesertDeathValley.[məuˈhɑ:vi:]MohaveDesert–3,000’DeathValley,CA3.3millionacres.95%wilderness.CompletedMapLakeOkeechobeeChesapeakeBayAlaskanRange^Mt.Whitney^Mt.McKinley^Pike’sPeakGreatBasinPotomacR.OhioR.ColumbiaR.YukonR.GreatSaltLakeMohaveDesertDeathValleyThehumideast•Fourmajorsub-regions–Thenorthernmostzone:longwinters–Furthersouthward:milderwintersandhotsummers–Linethatseparatesthe“north”and“South”–TheAmerica