Презентация, доклад к внеклассному мероприятию на английском языке на тему Достопримечательности США. Капитолий ,Аризона

by George Washington on September 18, 1793. The construction of magnificent buildings in the style of the Empire was carried out by several generations of architects. Already in November 1800, in the unfinished Capitol for the first time Congress met, however, in 1814, it was burned down the British and restoration work took five years. In 1820-27, the South and the North wing of the building were finally connected the transition, over which ascended the dome.

and began its expansion. It was decided to preserve the unique features of the original building - in particular, the capitals of the columns, decorated with tobacco leaves and corn cobs of corn instead of the traditional for classical architecture of Mediterranean flora. Instead of the old dome was built a new, of iron, of a height of 87 meters and a weight of more than 4,000 tons.

added to the last bar on the dome was placed 6-meter allegorical statue of Liberty. The inside of the Capitol dome is decorated with the first in the United States fresco depicting the Apotheosis of Washington" in the environment of Olympic gods, the author - Greek - Italian Konstantin Brumdi, 1865.

only in 1959-60, the East front was extended to 10 meters. At the present time in the Capitol about 540 rooms, and around him a Park area of 53 hectares.

into the United States. Located on the south-west of the country. Along with Utah, Colorado and New Mexico is among the "four corners of the state." The capital and largest city in the state - Phoenix (Phoenix). The population of the state in 2005 was about 5,939,292 people - on this indicator Arizona takes 20th place in the USA. The climate of Arizona is characterized by mild winters and high temperatures in summer .

Arizona

the western border with California and Nevada, in the north - from Utah to the north-east - with Colorado in the east - from New Mexico to the south - Mexico. The area of ​​the state is 295,254 km ² (6th place among the states in the country).
 
Much of the territory of the state falls on the mountains, plateaus and deserts. In Arizona, is the largest forest of yellow pine. In the north of the state is the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River. The southwestern part of Arizona's Sonoran Desert is where there are cities such as Phoenix, Tucson and Yuma. Despite the fact that this is one of the most hot and arid deserts of the United States, Sonora has a very diverse flora and fauna, which is explained by the presence of two rainy seasons. In the north-west of the state is the Mojave Desert, which is different from Sonora more altitude and the presence of the rare position of the separate trees. Color Desert is part of the Colorado Plateau in northern Arizona. A small area in the southeast of the state is part of the Chihuahuan Desert, which is compared to Sonora because of the altitude of a milder summer temperatures.

tributary, the river Gila. Almost the entire territory of Arizona, except in some southern and southeastern regions located in the basin of the Colorado River.

climatic conditions are quite different state from region to region. At lower altitudes, mostly desert climate, with mild winters and hot summers. Typically, from late autumn to early spring weather is mild with an average minimum of 16 ° C, but frosts are not uncommon. Since mid-February noticeable increase in daily maximum temperature at a fairly cool nights. From June to September, the most hot and dry. The highest ever recorded in Arizona, the temperature was recorded in Lake Havasu City, June 29, 1994 and July 5, 2007, and was 53 ° C. The lowest temperature was marked by January 7, 1971 at Lake Hawley and reached -40 ° C.
 
The distribution of rainfall depends on the time of year, altitude above sea level and topography. The greatest amount of precipitation received in the mountain ranges of central and southeastern parts of the state, the smallest - in the arid regions in southwestern Arizona. The average annual rate for the state is about 323 mm. Precipitation occurs mainly in two rainy seasons: winter, when the cold front arrives from the Pacific Ocean in summer, when it comes to the monsoon.

is significantly higher in the deserts of central and south. This area is characterized by cold winters and mild summers. Sometimes upstate fall cold air masses from Canada, bringing the temperature below -18 ° C.

thousand sq. km.) Is located on the north-west Arizona. Carved in an array of waters of the Colorado Plateau of the same river for about 6.9 million years, this huge (446 km in length with a width of 400 m to 24 km) valley reaches a depth of more than 1.9 km. And just on the slopes of the canyon can be seen nearly two billion years of Earth history, as the river gradually deepened over his bed, while the plateau itself is slowly rising under the influence of tectonic processes. The vast space of the gorge is filled with clusters of rocks, remnants of unusual shape (many of which have their own names) intertwine the side canyon ridges; array of cliffs creeping wood and colored erosional terraces. And over all this hangs a haze of heat flowing desert. It is the largest river canyon of the world and the biggest attraction of the southwest United States. The most popular pastime here - a tour of the canyon by helicopter and rafting down the Colorado to the places where the river enters the plains, visiting the Archaeological Museum of Tusayan, or tens of viewing platforms and towers scattered around the perimeter of the park, to which was added one more unique attraction - open March 20, 2007 Glass Bridge Grand Canyon SkyWalk - the world's first cantilever glass bridge (or rather - the exotic viewing platform in the shape of a horseshoe radius of 21 m), situated at an altitude of 1200 meters above the bottom of the canyon.

famous Berrindzher-Meteor Crater, better known as the Arizona meteorite crater - there are about 50 thousand years ago a meteorite fell, leaving a crater 174 meters deep and 1,250 feet in diameter at the height of the ring boulders up to 35 meters, preserved almost unchanged because of the dry climate. There is also a museum dedicated to meteorites and the American Astronautics.

National Park Paynted-Desert, lying south of its forest reserves Petrifid Forest and the Rainbow Forest, a beautiful Oak Creek Canyon, a picturesque artificial lake Powell (Mead) with a natural stone bridge on the territory of the Navajo reservation, luxury Santa Catalina Mountains - part of the expansive Coronado National Forest, the town of Lake Havasu City, with its London Bridge (now the London Bridge, dismantled in 1971 and transported to Arizona and re-assembled on the Colorado River), the National Monument Montezuma Castle, - archaeological site of Pueblo culture with a first class museum (entrance in itself a "lock" is prohibited), Tonto National Monument with well-preserved rock cities Salado Indians, Sabino Canyon near Tucson, Saguaro National Park 48 km from Tucson International Museum with a huge wildlife and theme park in the Old Tucson Studios Studios (where were removed almost all the early American movie westerns).

(16 in the U.S.), with an average density of population - about 21.5 people per km2 (35 in the U.S.).