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capitaldistrict,liebetweenthePacificandAtlanticOceans,borderedby
Canadatothenorthand
Mexico
tothesouth.Thestateof
Alaskaisinthenorthwestofthecontinent,withCanadatotheeastand
Russia
tothewest,acrossthe
Bering.Thestateof
Hawaii
isanarchipelago
inthemid-Pacific.Thecountryalsopossesses
severalterritories
inthePacificandCaribbean.
Totalarea:
3.79
millionsquaremiles(9.83
millionskm),thefourthlargest
Population:
around315million,thethirdlargest
Itisoneoftheworld‘smost
ethnicallydiverseand
multiculturalnations,theproductoflarge-scale
immigrationfrommanycountries.
The
U.S.economy
istheworld’slargestnationaleconomy,withanestimated2011
GDP
of$15.1
trillion(万亿).Percapitaincomeistheworld'
s
seventh-highest.
Position&
Geographicdivision
50states:
2statesseparatedfromcontinentalU.S.
1)Alaska(1.5millionskm)
separatedfrommainlandAmericabyCanada,AlaskaisthelargeststateintheUnitedStatesinlandareaat586,412squaremiles(1,518,800skm),overtwicethesizeofTexas,thenextlargeststate.
2)Hawaii(17,000skm)
Liesabout3,200kmawaytothewestandinthePacificOcean.
Overseasterritories
a)Guan(Island)关岛;
b)PuertoRico(波多黎各);
c)theVirginIslands
Territories&
otherareas
PuertoRico
about9,000squarekmsintheCaribbeanSea,linkedtoU.S.asacommonwealth,2,712,000people,electtheirowngovernorandlegislature.
SomePacificislands
Guan(Island):
largest
549squarekms;
85,000people;
thecongressiselectedbythelocalpeople;
thegovernmentisundertheadministrationoftheU.S.DepartmentofInterior.
AmericanSamoa(197kms,population27,000)
WakeIsland(administeredbyU.S.AirForce)
TheMidwayIsland(theNavyDepartment)
IslandgroupoftheCarolines,Marianas,andMarshalls,inthePacific.
50statesofUSA
Alabama亚拉巴马州
Alaska阿拉斯加州
Arizona亚利桑那州
Arkansas阿肯色州
California加利福尼亚州
Colorado科罗拉多州
Connecticut康涅狄格州
Delaware特拉华州
Florida佛罗里达州
Georgia佐治亚州
Hawaii夏威夷
Idaho爱达荷州
Illinois伊利诺伊州
Indiana印第安纳州
Iowa艾奥瓦(衣阿华)州
Kansas堪萨斯州
Kentucky肯塔基州
Louisiana路易斯安那州
Maine缅因州
Maryland马里兰州
Massachusetts马塞诸塞(麻省)
Michigan密歇根(密执安)州
Minnesota明尼苏达州
Mississippi密西西比州
Missouri密苏里州
Montana蒙大拿州
Nebraska内布拉斯加州
Nevada内华达州
NewHampshire新罕布什尔
NewJersey新泽西州
NewMexico新墨西哥州
NewYork纽约州
NorthCarolina北卡罗来州
NorthDakota北达科他州
Ohio俄亥俄州
Oklahoma俄克拉何马州
Oregon俄勒冈州
Pennsylvania宾夕法尼亚州
RhodeIsland罗得岛
SouthCarolina南卡罗来州
SouthDakota南达科他州
Tennessee田纳西州
Texas得克萨斯州
Utah犹他州
Vermont佛蒙特州
Virginia弗吉尼亚州
Washington华盛顿州
WestVirginia西弗吉尼亚州
Wisconsin威斯康星州
Wyoming怀俄明州
3basicareas:
TheAtlanticSeacoasttotheAppalachianMountains;
ThegreatMississippiRiverBasin(betweentheAppalachianandtheRockyMountains);
TheRockieswesttothePacificOcean.
BasicallyanarrowplainalongtheAtlanticSeacoast:
1)Inthenortheast,thelandishilly,rockyandmostlyinfertile;
2)TheMiddleAtlanticSeacoastisaflat&
fertileregion,whichisthemostdenselypopulatedregionintheU.S.;
3)Inthedeepsouththecoastplainisverylow&
wide.
2.ThegreatMississippiRiverBasin:
Oneofthelargestflatlandintheworld(abouthalfofthecontinentalU.S.,about2000kminwidth)
a)theMiddleWest(thenortheasternpart),includingOhio,Michigan,Indiana,Illinois,Wisconsin,Missouri,Iowa,Minnesota;
b)TheGreatPlains(largeareatothewestofMississippi):
NorthDakota,SouthDakota,Nebraska,Kansas,Oklahoma
3.TheRockieswesttothePacificOcean
TheRockyMountains(towestoftheGPs)
“thebackboneofthecontinent”;
(Great)David(themostimportantwatershedonthecontinent)
Thesceneryisstrikingandvaried
theYellowstoneNationalPark
(3000geysers&
springs,OldFaithful)
TheGreatBasin(alargeareaofhighlandbetweentheSierraNevadaMountainsandtheRockyMountains)
Climate&
weather
Mainlysituatedinthenortherntemperatezone(温带);
hasdifferenttypesofclimateindifferentareas.
NewEngland:
relativelycold
winters:
long&
hard
summers:
short&
warm
fall:
beautifulduetothedifferentcolorsoftheleaves
onthetrees
TheMiddleAtlanticStates:
generallypleasant
4definiteseasons:
winters–cold&
snowy;
springs–warm,withplentyofrain;
summers–hot&
shortbutpleasant;
falls–cool.
TheSouth(alongtheAtlanticcoast)
enjoysawarmclimateandabundantrainfall.ManyofitsstatesliewithintheSunBelt.Theclimatevarieswiththegeographicalpositionofeachstate:
Virginia&
NorthCarolina:
temperate;
southernFlorida:
almosttropical
Georgia,Alabama,Mississippi,andLouisiana:
warmwithalmostnocoldorwinterweather;
Somestatesaresometimesharassedbyhurricanes
ClimateintheGreatPlainsvarieswidely:
NorthDakota:
extremetemperatures,strongwinds&
lowprecipitation;
Oklahoma:
moretemperate,inwinter6-meterhighsnow;
insummerplants&
animalsmaydiefromtheextremeheat;
duststorms
ClimateintheMidwest:
temperate
sudden&
extremechangesintemperature;
summer–veryshort,winter–extremelycold
ThestateswestofRockyMountains
sharplydifferentclimaticcondition:
thewesternslopesoftheCoastalMountains–cool,rainy&
cloudy;
theeasternslopes–verylittlerainfalls&
deserts
LandResources
80milliontonsofironayear
3-quartersoftheorecomesfromtheLakeSuperiorregionoftheGreatLakes;
alsominedinMissouri,NewYork,UtahandWyoming
Coal–2ndmajornaturalresourcefoundinlargequantitiesinU.S.
(enoughtolasthundredsofyears;
mainlyusedbysteamplantstoproduceelectricityorbychemicalindustriesforproducingplastics&
othersynthetics)
coalreserves:
mainlyfoundintheAppalachians,theCentralPlain,andtheRockies
Otherbasicmetals&
mineralsminedonalargescale:
zinc,copper,silver,phosphaterock(usedforfertilizers).
Richinoil
3,200millionbarrelsofpetroleumayear;
mostdomesticproductionofoilandnaturalgascomesfromoffshoreareasofLouisiana&
Texas,andfromonshoreareasofTexas,Oklahoma&
California;
bigconsumption–insufficientoilsupply
RiversandLakes
Comparativelyrichinwaterresources.
IntheEast:
anenormousmileageofcheapinlandtransportation;
IntheWest:
mostlyunnavigable,butheavilyusedforirrigation&
powergeneration
MississippiRiver(mostimportant&
longestinU.S.)
flowsabout6,400kmsfromitsnorthwesternsourceintheRockiestotheGulfofMexico.
(withitsgreattributaries,theOhioandtheMissouri)drainsmostofthemid-continent
TheMissouriRiver
3,725kmslong,maintributaryoftheMississippi;
risesinsouthwestMontanaandjoinstheMississippiatSt.Louis;
nicknamed“BigMuddy”(abroad,silt-ladenriver);
1,372squarekms(drainagebasinoftheMissouri&
itstributaries)
TheOhioRiver
1,500kmslong,majoreasterntributaryoftheMississippi,runsfromtherainyeastandjoinstheMississippiatCario,Illinois;
327,000squarekms(drainagebasinoftheOhio&
TheGreatLakes(largestfreshwaterlakegroupintheworld)–St.Lawrencesystem,theotherhalfofthemid-continent,connectedtotheMississippi-OhioviaChicagobycanalsandtheIllinoisRiver.
NaturalResources
Richinwaterresources
TheMississippi,theOhio,theHudson,theColoradoirrigatehundredsofmilesoffertilevalleys
63%(watersupplyforcities,towns&
farmlands)
93%(thewaterusedbyindustry)
almostallofthewaterusedtocreateelectricpower
Forests
about1/3ofthelandareaofU.S.iscoveredbyforests;
morethan600millionacresiscommercialforestland;
wood,resins&
otherforestproducts
About225millionacresofforestlandisreservedbylawas“NationalForest”,serveaslargerecreationareas&
essentialwatershedsandsafehabitatsforwildlife.
Americanpeople–the“meltingpot”
U.S.–a“meltingpot”
becausemanyofitspeoplearedescendedfromsettlerswhocamefromallovertheworld
ThefirstimmigrantsinAmericanhistory(fromEngland&
theNetherlands);
thegreatestnumberscamefromEurope
ManypeoplecamefromLatinAmerica,Asia,Africa,Australia,andCanada
AmericanIndian(825,000),mainlyintheWest,inthesouth&
northcentralareas;
Navajo(thelargesttribe)[纳瓦霍印第安人]
BlackpeoplebroughttoU.S.asslaves,theirdescendantsaccountingfor>12%ofthepopulation;
NewYorkState–thelargestblackpopulation(2,169,000)
InHawaii,>1/3oftheresid
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