中国历史文化概况(英文版)Unit2TerritoryandEnvironment.pptVIP

Unit 2 Territory and Environment 学习任务 整体上掌握Text A和Text B 两篇文章的内容，包括背景资料，单词，相关专有名词等。 完成Text A 和Text B 的课后题目。 浏览Text C。 Notes Wusuli (乌苏里)：or called the Usuri ulais, a river in the south of the Outer Manchuria (Russian Far East) and east of Inner Manchuria (Northeast China). It rises in the Sikhote-Alin range, flowing north, forming part of the Sino-Russian border based on the Sino-Russian Convention of Peking in 1860, until it joins the Amur River at Khabarovsk. It is approximately 897km in length. The area of the Usuri basin is 193,000 km2. Its waters come from rain (60%), snow (30-35%) and subterranean springs. Average discharge is 1,150 m3/s, elevation - 1,682 m. The Usuri River is known for its catastrophic floods. It freezes up in November and stays under the ice until April. The river teems with different kinds of fish: grayling, sturgeon, humpback salmon (gorbusha), chum salmon (keta) and others. Russia Far East (俄罗斯远东地区): is a term that refers to the Russian part of the Far East, i.e., extreme east parts of Russia, between Lake Baikal in Eastern Siberia and the Pacific Ocean. The Far Eastern Federal District, which covers this area, borders with the Siberian Federal District in the west. Eurasia (欧亚大陆): is a continent or supercontinent comprising the traditional continents of Europe and Asia; covering about 52,990,000 km2 or about 10.6% of the Earths surface (36.2% of the land area) located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. Physiographically, it is a single continent, the concepts of Europe and Asia as distinct continents date back to antiquity and their borders are geologically arbitrary. Eurasia, in turn, is part of the yet larger landmass of Afro-Eurasia, whereby Eurasia is joined to Africa at the Isthmus of Suez. Eurasia is inhabited by almost 4 billion people, more than 72.5% of the worlds population. Khabarovsk (哈巴罗夫斯克): is the largest city and the administrative center of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is located some 30 kilometres