1、Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,*,Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,*,The Geographyof theUnited States,1/106,2/106,3/106,A Look at Nor
2、th America-video,4/106,Eight Regions of North America,5/106,6/106,8 Regions of North America,Coastal Range,Basin and Range,Rocky Mountains,Great Plains,Interior Lowlands,Canadian Shield,Appalachian Mountains,Coastal Plains,7/106,Coastal Range,West of the Rocky Mountains,Stretches from Canada to Cali
3、fornia,Made up of Rugged Mountains and Fertile Valleys,8/106,Coastal Range,9/106,Coastal Range,10/106,Basin and Range,West of the Rocky Mountains,East of the Sierra Nevadas and the Cascades,Varying elevations and isolated mountain ranges,Death Valley,Death Valley is the lowest point in North America
4、It is a desert valley located in Eastern California.,11/106,Basin and Range,12/106,Rocky Mountains,West of the Great Plains,East of the Great Basin,Rugged Mountains with High Elevations,Includes the Continental Divide,The Continental Divide,大陆分水岭,determines the directional flow of rivers,13/106,Ro
5、cky Mountains,14/106,Great Plains,West of the Interior Lowlands,East of the Rocky Mountains,Flatlands that increase in elevation slightly to the west,Known for grasslands,15/106,Great,Plains,16/106,Great Plains,17/106,Interior Lowlands,West of the Appalachian Mountains,East of the Great Plains,Lowla
6、nds of rolling flatlands,Rivers,Broad valleys and,Grassy hills,18/106,Interior Lowlands,19/106,Interior Lowlands,20/106,Canadian Shield,加拿大地盾,-video,Wraps around the southern portions of the Great Lakes and the Hudson Bay,Hills worn by erosion,Hundreds of,glacier carved lakes,冰川湖,Some of the oldest
7、rock formations in North America,21/106,Canadian Shield,These are Trees.,Thousands of Lakes,22/106,Canadian Shield,rock formations,23/106,Appalachian Mountains,West of the Coastal Plains,Range from Canada to western Alabama,Oldest mountains in North America,Old eroded mountains,24/106,Appalachian Mo
8、untains,25/106,Appalachian Mountains in the fall,.,26/106,Coastal Plains,Stretches along the Atlantic Ocean,Broad lowland with excellent harbors,Borders the Gulf of Mexico,Long sandy beaches,27/106,A bay in the Coastal Plains,28/106,Inlets,河口,bays and capes,海角,岬,along the Coastal Plains,29/106,30/10
9、6,31/106,32/106,The Contour of the US,33/106,34/106,35/106,The Rocky Mountains,in,Canada and the United States,36/106,Appalachian Mountains,37/106,Mississippi River,38/106,39/106,US Geography Basics,Third largest country in the world.,Half the size of Russia.,One third the size of Africa.,Half the s
10、ize of South America.,2 times the size of Western Europe.,40/106,Regions&Time Zones of the U.S.video,(Geography of the USA),41/106,American Flag-video,42/106,The Star Spangled Banner,(national anthem),43/106,星条旗,44/106,Topography,45/106,Topography of the US,The Mississippi is the traditional dividin
11、g line in America between“East”and“West”.,46/106,Topography of the Northeast,47/106,New York,New York!,48/106,Boston,Massachusetts,:The Hotbed of Revolution,49/106,Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,:The Birth of Liberty,50/106,A New England Fall,Kancamagus Highway,Maine,Covered Bridge over the Connecticut R
12、iver,The back roadsof Vermont,51/106,North-South Divide:The Mason-Dixon Line,Charles Mason&Jeremiah Dixon:1763-1767,Mason-Dixon line梅森迪克森线是美国宾夕法尼亚州和马里兰州分界限,也是南北战征之前美国南北区域分界限。这条分界限是美国历史上文化和经济分界限。其名称是为了纪念发觉宾夕法尼亚和马里兰之间地理分界限18世纪英格兰探险者Jeremiah Dixon和Charles Mason。这一地理名词在美国电影,音乐和文学作品中常有提及。,52/106,Topograp
13、hy of the Southeast,53/106,Charleston,SC:The Souths First Port,54/106,New Orleans,LA:The Big Easy,55/106,Topography of the Midwest,56/106,The Great Lakes region contains not only the five,main lakes themselves,but also numerous minor,lakes and rivers,as well as approximately 35,000,islands.,57/106,T
14、he Great Lakes are a collection of freshwater lakes located in eastern North America,on the Canada United States border.Consisting of Lakes Superior,Michigan,Huron,Erie,and Ontario,they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth.They are,sometimes referred to as the Third Coast by some citi
15、zens of the United States.,58/106,Chicago Skyline:The“Second”City,59/106,芝加哥,芝加哥是美国第三大城市,人们将这座城市称为“风城”(,The Windy City,)、“第二城”(,The Second City,)、“芝城”(,Chi-Town,)、“世界屠猪城”(,Hog Butcher for the World,)、“巨肩之城”(,City of the Big Shoulders,)、“劳动之城”(,The City That Works,)。如此多称呼指都是一座城市,芝加哥(,Chicago,)。如今芝加哥是
16、美国非常受欢迎旅游城市,芝加哥市也有很多著名景点,如希尔斯大厦、林肯公园、林肯动物园、旧水塔、密歇根大街、海军码头等每年都会吸引众多游客来此。假如您是篮球迷,自然不要忘记去芝加哥公牛队(,Chicago Bulls,)主场联合中心球馆,(United Center),一睹“飞人”迈克尔,乔丹(,Michael Jordan,)雕像风采。,60/106,The Great Plains,61/106,Topography of the West,62/106,Los Angeles:The City of Angels?,63/106,Hollywood:City of Lost Dreams,
17、Capitol Records),(国会唱片),(属于EMI百代唱片),64/106,Bodies of Water,Chesapeake Bay,Great Salt Lake,LakeOkeechobee,65/106,66/106,Rivers,Hudson R.,Potomac R.,Mississippi R.,Ohio R.,Missouri R.,Arkansas R.,Colorado R.,Columbia R.,Yukon R.,Rio Grande R.,St.Lawrence R.,The longest river in the United States is t
18、he Missouri River.(2,540 miles),67/106,The Mississippi:Americas Great River Road,The“Big Muddy”.,2,350 miles.(1,英里约,1.6,公里,),Draining all or part of 31 states&2 Canadian provinces.,Covers 40%of the U.S.,68/106,Mississippi Riverboat,比较 The Yangtze River is about 6300 km long(3915 mi).,69/106,Great Sa
19、lt Lake,square miles.,10 28 deep.,6 times saltier than the oceans.,70/106,Lake Okeechobee,FL,71/106,The Gulf of Mexico,72/106,Mountains&Plateaus,Appalachian Mts.,Rocky Mts.,Cascade Mts.,Sierra Nevada Mts.,Alaskan Range,Mt.Whitney,Mt.McKinley,Pikes Peak,Adirondack Mts.,73/106,74/106,The Continental D
20、ivide,75/106,Continental Divide,the main series of mountain ridges in North America,chiefly the crests of the Rocky Mountains,which form a watershed separating the rivers flowing eastwards into the Atlantic Ocean or the Gulf of Mexico from those flowing westwards into the Pacific,北美洲大陆分水岭。,亦称,Great
21、Divide,76/106,Grand Canyon(Arizona),77/106,Plains,Central Plains,Atlantic Coastal Plains,Gulf Coastal Plains,GreatBasin,78/106,The Great Plains,79/106,Plateaus,Cumberland Plateau,80/106,Cumberland Plateau&Gap,坎伯兰高原和岬口,AL,KY,TN,VA,WV,24,640 sq.mi.,Natural passage Gap through the Cumberland Mts.,81/10
22、6,Deserts,Mohave Desert,Death Valley,.muh:vi:,82/106,Mohave Desert 3,000,83/106,Death Valley,CA,3.3 million acres.,95%wilderness.,84/106,Completed Map,LakeOkeechobee,Chesapeake Bay,Appalachian Mts.,Rocky Mts.,Cascade Mts.,Sierra Nevada Mts.,Alaskan Range,Mt.Whitney,Mt.McKinley,Pikes Peak,Adirondack
23、Mts.,Central Plains,Atlantic Coastal Plains,Gulf Coastal Plains,Great Basin,Cumberland Plateau,Hudson R.,Potomac R.,Mississippi R.,Ohio R.,Missouri R.,Arkansas R.,Colorado R.,Columbia R.,Yukon R.,Rio Grande R.,St.Lawrence R.,Great Salt Lake,Mohave Desert,Death Valley,85/106,Climate,86/106,87/106,88/
24、106,The humid east,Four major sub-regions,The northernmost zone:long winters,Further southward:milder winters and hot summers,Line that separates the“north”and“South”,The American South,A flourishing winter tourist industry,Intensive form of specialized agriculture,Southernmost:tropical,89/106,The A
25、rid and Semi-Arid Western United States,This area is broadly defined as all of Arizona,New Mexico,Nevada,and Utah plus the arid and semi-arid regions of California,Colorado,Idaho,Oregon,Montana,and Wyoming.,Rainfall is scarce and undependable,and the only important human settlement occurs in irrigat
26、ed oases.,The regions economy is a mixture of ranching,dryland and irrigated agriculture,tourism,retail,manufacturing,and high technology industry.,90/106,The humid-arid transition,Fine farmland,Fine grazing land,The prairie made into“Barn of America”through high technology,91/106,The humid pacific
27、coast,Humid region in the west:narrow strip between the Pacific coast and the Sierra-Cascade ridge line(from British Columbia to central California),Much of California is very dry:winter rain and summer drought(Mediterranean climate).,92/106,Vegetation,93/106,The American Landscape,94/106,Demographi
28、cs,95/106,96/106,311,082,058,U.S.Population as of April 1,97/106,98/106,GeographicProblems,99/106,Seismography Data:1977-1997,Earthquakes,!,100/106,Tornadoes,Per Year:1950-1997,101/106,The GeographicDiversity ofAmerica!,102/106,National Parks,103/106,US National Parks(1),Glacier National Park,MT,Grand Teton National Park,WY,Mt.Rushmore National Park,SD,104/106,US National Parks(2),Everglades National Park,FL,Yellowstone National Park,MT,Grand Canyon National Park,AZ,105/106,US National Parks(3),Yosemite National Park,CA,Acadia National Park,ME,Natural Bridges National Park,UT,106/106,






