英美概况知识点总结(吐血编写)

Survey of the USA Foundation: 1776.7.4. The fourth largest country in the worldPosition: the centr

Survey of the USAFoundation :1776.7.4. The fourth largest country in the world Position :the central part of North America; Alaska in the northwestern part of North America and Hawaii inthe central Pacific Ocean.Northern temperature zone. North: Canada; South: Mexico, the Gulf of Mexico; East: Atlantic Ocean; West: Pacific Ocean Area: 6% of the Earth ≈the whole Europe The three river systems in the USA ar ()e: the system of the Gulf of Mexico, the system 三大河流体系 of the Atlantic Ocean and the system of the Pacific Ocean. three great mountain ranges () :the Appalachian Mountains, the Rocky Mountains and the Great 三大山脉 Cordillera Mountain Range. (the Pacific 河流体系的两大河流 )the Columbia River and the Colorado River. the Mississippi Rive (/)r is the most important river in the system of the Gulf. 美国世界最长的河流 The Rocky Mountains( )are “the backbone of the continent”. 落基山脉 Great lake () They are located in the northeast part of America. :Lake Superior, Lake 美国五大湖由西至东 Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario. Yellowstone National Park /Grand Canyon () Wyoming()/ 黄石国家公园，大峡谷 Three basic geographical areas or surface regions: 1) The Atlantic Seacoast and the Appalachian Mountains in the east first 13 colonies 1624, Virginia 1629, New Hampshire 1632, Eastern Coastal Plain; The ： Maryland 1662, Connecticut 1663, Rhode Island 1664, New York 1664, New Jersey 1681, Pennsylvania 1682, Delaware 1691, Massachusetts 1713, North Carolina 1713, South Carolina 1732, Georgia 2) The great Mississippi River Valley in the middle Between Appalachian and the Rocky Mountains, 2,000 km from east to west Chicago Great Plain :west part of Mississippi Valley 3) The Rockies west to the Pacific Ocean Rocky Mountains: the backbone of the continent Yellow Stone National Park , Hoover Dam Las Vegas ,the gambling city Death Valley :85m below the sea level, the lowest place with the highest temperature in America The highest point :Denali in Alaska (20,320 feet) Silicon Valley –the center of America’s electronic industry Three river systems :one of the Gulf of Mexico, one of the Atlantic Ocean, one of the Pacific Ocean Mississippi River: the third longest river in the world (Nile River, Amazon River) “Father of Waters” Lake Superior :the largest fresh water lake of its kind in the world (only after the largest inland lake Caspian Sea –salt water lake) Lake Michigan is wholly within the USA