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英美国家概况? 美国概况国旗The Stars and Stripes：13条状红白相间，代表original 13，50颗星，代表50个州The whole of the USA includes 50 states and a federal district, the District of Columbia, which is the seat of the Federal Government. The two youngest states of the USA are Alaska in the northwestern part of North America and Hawaii in the central Pacific Ocean. The Mississippi Rivers is the longest and the most important river in the USA. It flows from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. In the USA, there are three great mountain ranges: the Appalachian Mountains, the Rocky Mountains and the Great Cordillera Mountain Range. The renowned Yellowstone National Park in the northwestern part of Wyoming is the oldest national park in the world and contains the largest wildlife preserve in the US. The five Great Lakes lying between the boundary of Canada and the USA are : Lake Michigan（密歇根或密执安湖）, Lake Superior（苏必利湖）, Lake Ontario（安大略湖）, Lake Huron（休伦湖） and Lake Erie（伊利湖）The world-famous Niagara Falls (尼亚加拉瀑布) is located on the US-Canadian boundary between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.The Statue of Liberty was given by French people as a gift to New York City. Chicago is the largest industrial city and the second largest city in terms of population in the USA. Hollywood, the base of the film industry located in Los Angeles, is a world famous film producing center. Detroit, the “motor city”, is on the Detroit River between Lake Huron and Lake Erie. San Francisco is located on the central part of the California shoreline. It has been one of the principal gateways to the East. HISTORYThe explorer who first discovered and identified the new continents is Christopher Columbus. After the discovery of the New World, three European powers sent many explorers to the new continents: the Spanish, the English and the French. In the autumn of 1620, pilgrims started for America in a ship named the “Mayflower”. Thanksgiving is now observed throughout the USA, this holiday began in 1621 as a way to express settlers’