Then liste
E
4
The wild side of the USA
Read and listen to the text on the United States
of
America. Underline all geographic
terms.
The United States is bigger than a lot of other
countries, so it has a
more varied landscape. There
are beautiful tropical
beaches in Florida on the east
coast (Atlantic Ocean)
and California on the west
coast (
Pacific Ocean). There are also high peaks
in America. The
Rocky Mountains, which stretch
north-south
almost 5,000 km from Canada to the
USA, have
snow-capped mountains, green valleys
and pine forests.
In the Midwest, the Mississippi River irrigates the
land before flowing south to the sea, making the
soil one of the most fertile in the world. This is also
the region of the Great Lakes and their connecting
channels, which together form a very large fresh
water system. The Niagara River connects two of
the lakes, Erie and Ontario, and sends up to 3,000
m³ of water per second over the spectacular Niagara
Falls!
The US also has arid deserts, where little vegetation
grows. The Great Basin Desert in the north-west
has colder temperatures and higher altitudes, while
further south Death Valley in the
Mojave Desert
is much
hotter and drier than any
other desert in
America
.
There is a great choice of National Parks across the
USA: the Grand Canyon, with
its colourful rocks and
deep gorge; Yosemite,
with its powerful waterfalls;
or Mount McKinley in
Alaska, which is actually
higher than Mount Everest
, from base to peak, but
is lower because Everest
sits on the Tibetan Plateau,
over 5,000 m
above sea level. America also has lots
of
volcanoes, some of which are still very dangerous.
Mount
St Helens in Washington State erupted in
1980, killing people and destroying their homes.
Nearly 318 million people live in the United States.
Although the country is more or less as large as
Canada, there is a much higher population density
with 34 inhabitants per km², compared with only 3.7
in Canada!
Comparative of adjectives
Q
The United States is bigger than a lot of
Îmi puteți traduce și mie acest text?