英语美国大峡谷PPT.pptxVIP

IntroductionOn the Kaibab Plateau in northwestern Arizona, the Grand Canyon of the Colorado is one of the most spectacular scenery on earth. Colorado River cut the Colorado Plateau into 19 main canyon ,with a total area of 2,724.7 square kilometers . The deepest, widest and longest one is the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. It is 446 km in length, is one of the worlds longest canyons. The Canyon is 6-28 kilometers wides on the top, the deepest place is 1800 meters. The bottom surface of the water is less than 1,000 meters wide .Most of the rocks are red.app:ds:formationFormationAs to the legend of Indian, the Grand Canyon was formed during a flood .Then the God turned the human into fish so that they survived. Therefore, the local Indians still didn’t eat fish. In fact, the shaping of the Grand Canyon,is not a short span of time, but a long period of billions of years, and can still be relented until forever. Humans can not perceive engraved on the progress every day, but the evolution of the time is unbelieved.印第安人传说，大峡谷是在一次洪水中形成。当时上帝化人类为鱼鳌，始幸免于难。因此当地的印第安人至今仍不吃鱼鲜。实际上，刻凿大峡谷的工作，并非一朝一夕之功，而是经历了几十亿年的漫长岁月，而且至今犹未停歇，直至永远。人类不能觉察每天镌刻的进度，但时间的演进，却显示了令人不能置信的伟观。Colors Because of diverse rock types on the two walls, different degree of decay ,evolution of time , composition of minerals ,colors of the canyon are different, and different iron in the sunlight shows colorful.峡谷的颜色，又因两壁岩石的种类、风化的程度、时间的演变，以及所含矿物质的各异，而各有不同，铁矿石在阳光照射下，呈现五彩.The Grand Canyon has not only grace scenery, but also has lots of wildlife. There are more than 200 kinds of birds, 60 species of mammals and 15 species of reptiles and amphibians .Between Fratton ranch in the bottom of Canyon and San Francisco, is both subtropical plants and boreal(寒带) plant growth area. So, here cactus, poppy, spruce, fir and other plants almost grow in the same area.大峡谷不仅景色奇异，而且野生动物十分繁富。有200多种鸟禽，60种哺乳动物和15种爬行动物和两栖动物在此生息，在谷底的法顿牧场的/view/227734.htm圣弗朗西斯科峰之间的地段，既是/view/93914.htm亚热带植物，也是/view/2050695.htm寒带植物的生长区。所以，这里仙人掌、罂栗、云杉、冷杉等植物几乎