专八人文知识复习:美国地理概况
本文针对英语专业八级考试的人文知识部分,总结了美国国家的主要地理概况,希望对同学们有所帮助。 The Fall Line瀑布线:A point where water-falls or rapids suddenly drop from a higher level to the lower one. The Appalachian Range阿巴拉契亚山脉:1200 miles long,consists of the Piedmont Plateau, Appalachian Plateaus and Appalachian Range. The Cordillera Range科迪勒拉山脉:Composed of the Coast Range, the Cascades and the Rocky Mountains. The Great Basin大盆地:The Part between the Colorado and Columbia Plateaus. The Great Central Plain中部大平原:The land mass between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachians. The Great Plain大平原:The western part of the central plain. The Mississippi River密西西比河:The longest, the most important river in the U.S.A. . It has a drainage area of 3225000 square kilometers. The Five Great Lakes北美五大湖:Lake Michigan, Superior, Erie, Huron and Ontario. The Niagara Falls尼亚加拉瀑布:Famous falls in North America, 1240 meters wide, the drop averages 49 meters. Yellow stone National Park黄石国家公园:Located in the northern part of Wyoming. It is the oldest national park in the world and the largest wildlife preserve in the U.S.A. Grand Canyon大峡谷:In northern Arizona, one of the great natural wonders of the world. It measures about 277 miles long, up to 18 miles wide, and more than a mile deep. Its walls show layers that tell the story of the formation of the earth. Old Faithful老忠实喷泉:The most famous gayer in Yellowstone National Park, erupting more than l00 feet in the air about every 73 minutes. Chinatown唐人街:An area in a city where many Chinese people live and where are Chinese shops, restaurants, clubs; two, important Chinatowns: New York City and San Francisco. Indian Reservation印第安保留地:It refers to the barren desert regions where only Indians live exclusively. New England新英格兰:It consists of six states: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. This region is featured with mountains, valleys, rivers. The Mountain States山地诸州:Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico. The Pacific Coast States太平洋沿岸诸州:Washington, Oregon and California. Mount McKinley 麦金利山:6187 meters high, on the middle of the Alaska, the highest peak on this continent. Pearl Harbor 珍珠港:The base of the Pacific Fleet of the U.S.A. near the city of Honolulu in Hawaii. |