Презентация на тему "The United States of America"

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  TheUnitedStatesofAmerica

  Olga Novik 10-B form

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  TheUnitedStatesofAmericalieinthemiddleoftheNorthAmericancontinent. Theareaofthe USA isoverninemillionsquarekilometres. It’spopulationismorethan 260 millionpeople. Inthenorththe USA isborderedbyCanada, andinthesouthitbordersonMexico.ItiswashedbytheAtlanticOceanintheEastandbythePacificOceanintheWest.

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  Thecountryiscomposedof 50 statestoday. Thecountryisrichincoal, oil, iron, andminerals. TheUnitedStateseconomyishighlydeveloped. TheUnitedStatesisoneoftheleadingcountriesintheworldeconomy. ThepeopleoftheUnitedStatesareamixtureofmanydifferentnationalities.

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  ThelandareaofthecontiguousUnitedStatesis 2,959,064 squaremiles

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  The USA is washed by the Pacific, the Atlantic Ocean, by the Caribbean Sea and The Gulf of Mexico

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  TheUnitedStates, withitslargesizeandgeographicvariety, includesmostclimatetypes.

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  Totheeasttheclimaterangesfromhumidcontinentalinthenorthtohumidsubtropicalinthesouth. ThesoutherntipofFloridaistropical, asisHawaii. TheGreatPlainswestofthe 100th meridianaresemi-arid. MuchoftheWesternmountainsarealpine. TheclimateisaridintheGreatBasin, desertintheSouthwest, MediterraneanincoastalCalifornia, andoceanicincoastalOregonandWashingtonandsouthernAlaska. MostofAlaskaissubarcticorpolar.

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  Extremeweatherisnotuncommon—thestatesborderingtheGulfofMexicoarepronetohurricanes, andmostoftheworld'stornadoesoccurwithinthecountry, mainlyintheMidwest'sTornadoAlley.

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  Thereare 58 nationalparksandhundredsofotherfederallymanagedparks, forests, andwildernessareas. Mostofthisisprotected, thoughsomeisleasedforoilandgasdrilling, mining, logging, orcattleranching.

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  Rivers

  Mississipi begins in the north and ends in the gulf of Mexico. The Colorado river rises in the Rocky Mountains.

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  The Rocky Mountains stretch from Alaska down almost to the south of the country.

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  The Appalachians are in the east and run from north to south.

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  The Grand Canyon

  The Colorado River formed the Grand Canyon over millions of years.

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  The canyon is one mile deep and 200 miles long.