英美概况课件 chapter I-physical geography.ppt

Brine Shrimp 卤虫 大盐湖每年生产卤虫卵六七千吨 Climate humid continental humid subtropical continental steppe continental desert maritime Mediterranean -20℃ ---25 ℃ The End 美国首都华盛顿，全称“华盛顿哥伦比亚特区” (Washington D.C.) 是美国的政治和文化中心。是世界上少有的仅以行政职能为主的大城市，管理国家是华盛顿的主要工作。华盛顿位于马里兰州和弗吉尼亚州之间。市区面积178平方公里，特区总面积6094平方公里，人口约55万。 Part One Geography 9 370 000 Alaska Hawaii I. Basic Information about America 1. Official Name: The United States of America 2. Capital: Washington 3. First president: George Washington 4. Present president: Barack Obama 5. Composition: 50 states and a federal district, ( District of Columbia) Stars and Stripes （俗称） The Flag of the United States 合众国旗（正式名称） Star-Spangled Banner 星条旗 Valor Purity Vigilance Back II. Three Geographical Divisions The Appalachian Range The Great Cordillera Range The Central Plain Read Yellow Stone National Park The largest wild life preserve Old Faithful Colorado Valley Mount Rushmore National Memorial III. Three River Systems the Gulf the Atlantic the Pacific Rocky Mountains—a continental divide Mississippi River Old Man River Father of Waters Ohio Missouri Mississippi Nile River 尼罗河 Amazon River亚马逊河 Yangtze Hudson Potomac St. Lawrence Columbia Colorado Five Great Lakes 五大湖区 Superior Huron Ontario Erie Michigan 贝加尔湖是世界上最深，容量最大的淡水湖，被称为“西伯利亚的蓝眼睛”。其位于俄罗斯西伯利亚的南部伊尔库茨克州及布里亚特共和国境内，距蒙古国边界111公里，是东亚地区许多民族的发源地。 1996年被联合国教科文组织列入《世界遗产名录》。湖型狭长弯曲，宛如一弯新月，所以又有“月亮湖”之称. Niagara Falls Ontario Erie Niagara Falls Niagara Falls American Falls Horseshoe Falls Veil of the Bride Falls Horseshoe Falls or Canadian Falls Veil of the Bride Falls in Canada Veil of the Bride Falls in Guinea [gini] 几内亚 Great Salt Lake in Northern Utah the largest inland salt lake of North America Great Salt Lake 76 minerals and trace elements (the same quantity as in human body fluid) 大盐湖水