(精选)中国历史文化概况(英文版)Unit 2 Territory and Environment课件.pptVIP

Unit 2 Territory and Environment ;学习任务;Text A Territory of China;导读：中国位于欧亚大陆东部，太平洋西岸。中国约有4079年的已知文明史，是亚非大河流域四大文明古国之一，中国的面积为960万平方千米，仅次于俄罗斯、加拿大。中国地势西高东低，呈阶梯状下降，山地、高原和丘陵约占陆地面积的67%，盆地和平原约占陆地面积的33%。山脉多呈东西和东北一西南走向。海岸线以东以南的大陆架，蕴藏着丰富的海底资源。 ;Notes;The area of the Usuri basin is 193,000 km2. Its waters come from rain (60%), snow (30-35%) and subterranean springs. Average discharge is 1,150 m3/s, elevation - 1,682 m. The Usuri River is known for its catastrophic floods. It freezes up in November and stays under the ice until April. The river teems with different kinds of fish: grayling, sturgeon, humpback salmon (gorbusha), chum salmon (keta) and others. ;Russia Far East (俄罗斯远东地区): is a term that refers to the Russian part of the Far East, i.e., extreme east parts of Russia, between Lake Baikal in Eastern Siberia and the Pacific Ocean. The Far Eastern Federal District, which covers this area, borders with the Siberian Federal District in the west.;Eurasia (欧亚大陆): is a continent or supercontinent comprising the traditional continents of Europe and Asia; covering about 52,990,000 km2 or about 10.6% of the Earths surface (36.2% of the land area) located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. Physiographically, it is a single continent, the concepts of Europe and Asia as distinct continents date back to antiquity and their borders are geologically arbitrary. Eurasia, in turn, is part of the yet larger landmass of Afro-Eurasia, whereby Eurasia is joined to Africa at the Isthmus of Suez. Eurasia is inhabited by almost 4 billion people, more than 72.5% of the worlds population. ;Khabarovsk (哈巴罗夫斯克): is the largest city and the administrative center of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It is located some 30 kilometres from the Chinese border. It is the second largest city in the Russian Far East, after Vladivostok. The city became the administrative center of the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia in 2002.;Kokonor (库库诺尔): is a saline lake situated in the province of Qinghai,