高中地理知识（High school geography knowledge）.doc

高中地理知识（High school geography knowledge） Overview: overview: The United States land surface after Russia, Canada, China, ranking fourth in the world. The second largest population Chinese and India, ranking third in the world. The United States Canada in the north and adjacent southwest border with Mexico. Southeast Mexico Bay, across the sea and the West indies. The United States bordering the East and west sides of the ocean, east to the Atlantic, West pacific. The United States latitude between north latitude latitude 49o to 25o. Physical geography: (a) terrain 1. western mountainous Plateau: Cordillera fold belt (belonging to the North American plate and the Pacific plate extrusion). Since the Cenozoic plateau uplift, and river cutting action is strong, the formation of the canyon. Western Pacific coast mountains fold mountains, since the crust is in an unstable state, many volcano seismic activity. The 2. Eastern Appalachian fold Mountains: ancient, Northeast - southwest, the low erosion force. The south north water landscape; water erosion, glacial landforms are widely distributed. 3. Central Plains: Western High Plains high altitude, water cut and ancient glacial erosion; 4. eastern plain low altitude, and glacial moraine landform is widely distributed in five Great Lakes coastal alluvial plain; 5. Southern Mississippi River alluvial plain. The 6. Mexico Bay coastal plain with the lowest elevation, river accumulation mainly. (two) climate 1. types of climate and spatial distribution of climate types and their spatial distribution: distribution of climate types and 2. factors that influence the climate impacts of climate factors affecting the climate (1) tall mountains in western North and South Pacific Ocean of moist air barrier is obvious, the Pacific Coast West Coast Mountains located in the windward slope, the formation of rain the humid climate (Mediterranean climate and a temperate climate banded North South extension); (2) the coast mountains and the Roc