America Part One Geography Chapter I A General Introduction to Physical Geography I The location of America in the world : in the central part of North America with Alaska in the northwestern part of North America and Hawaii in the central Pacific ( Maps 1&2). Map 1 Tthe map of the world

Map of the world

Map 2 North America

II.Three Geographical Divisions ( Maps 3, 4,5,6,7&8)

Map 5: Landform of America

Map7 The topography of America( 美国地形图 )

Map8The Cross Section Map of American Continent( 美国大陆横剖面示意图 )

The eastern part highlands formed by the Appalachian Range one sixth of national territory on the continent, 800 meters above sea level. The range from north Maine to central Alabama, covering a distance of 1200 miles. The width of the upland belt: not more than 300 miles. Appalachian Spring

Picture1 Appalachian Range

Three components of this upland belt: the Piedmont Plateau( Pictures6,7), the Appalachian Plateaus and the Appalachian Range(Pictures7,8,9,10).

Picture6:Appalachian Highlands: Piedmont Plateau

Outer Piedmont rolling upland; erosion and deep The Outer Piedmont is a gently weathering have long since obliterated surface indications of the folded bedrock beneath. Picture9:Appalachian Highlands: Valley and Ridge

The Blue Ridge is composed of complexly folded and faulted igneous (granitic) and metamorphic rocks.

The Atlantic plain : the Florida Everglades.

II.The western part: high plateaus and mountains formed by the Great Cordillera Range, the Coast Range, the Cascades and the Rocky Mountains, holding one third of the country ’ s territory on the continent.

1.Yellowstone National Park (1) The hydrothermal( 热液的 ) features Old faithful, the first national park in the world, wild geologic( 地质的 ) history, caldera( 火山口火山爆发而形成的环形山或 大山核心部分的崩塌而形成的环形山 ), the hydrothermal features. the deepest pool in the park, hence its name, and actually erupted as a geyser 间歇泉 in 1987,cooking hillside, changed as a result of a number of earthquakes in ,200 degrees Fahrenheit （ Pictures1,2,3,4,5 ）

Picture1 Old Faithful

Picture 2 Abyss Pool

(2) Wildlife(Pictures 1,2,3) animals roam freely, the buffalo Picture 1: The buffalo

Picture 2: Moose 驼鹿

(4) Rivers, Waterfalls, Lakes Yellowstone Lake, the largest lake in the world over 7,000 feet

Picture 6:Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone

The canyon and cliffs The canyon and cliffs below are on the Yellowstone River. Pinnacles are basalt( 玄武 岩 )columns which are formed as lava 熔岩, 火山岩 cools and contracts(pictures1,2 )Tower Falls: the water drops 132 feet.

Tower Falls

Rock Under Construction Mammoth Hot Springs Yellowstone National Park Wyoming, USA

Mammoth Hot Springs Yellowstone National Park Wyoming, USA

The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone National Park Wyoming, USA

The Sierra Nevada Yosemite National Park The Pacific Mountain System: the first chain: the Cascade Range in Oregon and Washington. the second chain: the California Coast Range, the Oregon Coast Range. Between the two chains lies the valley of California, 450 miles long and 50 miles wide.

Death Valley

Five Lakes

Chapter III. The Fifty States eight regions 1. the New England Region 2.the Middle Atlantic Region 3. t he South Region 4. t he Midwest Region 5.the Region of the Great Plains

(6) The West Region (7) Alaska (8) Hawaii (9) Guam and Eastern Samoa in the Pacific; Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands nearby in the West Indies; the Panama Canal Zone in the central America. Trust Territory of the Marshall Islands, the Caroline Islands and the Mariana.

American states and capitals

Assignment: 1. Remember the name, location, capitals, of the fifty states and main cities of America. 2. Watch the movie Resources for All American history. 3. Preview Chapters IV and V on the website.