USA – interesting places (USA – zajímavá místa)

USA – interesting places

Yellowstone National Park

Grand Canyon

Niagara Falls

Interesting Places

U.S. Interesting Places - Yellowstone National Park

Located in the state of Wyoming

Founded in 1872

The first natural reservation in the world

Home to hundreds of animal species (grizzly bears, bison and elk)

Old Faithful Geyser erupting almost every 91 minutes

U.S. Interesting Places – Grand Canyon

Situated on the river Colorado

It is 277 miles (446 km) long

18 miles (29 km) wide

A depth of over a mile (6,000 feet / 1,800 metres)

U.S. Interesting Places – Niagara Falls

Is the collective name for three waterfalls on the river Niagara

Situated on the border between the USA and Canada

They lie between lakes Erie and Ontario

U.S. Interesting Places – Route 66

U.S. Interesting Places - Miami

America’s Riviera with 10 miles of wide white beaches and delightful art deco architecture.

Trendy hotels, chic restaurants and hot party scene.

A huge Latin American cultural influence.

U.S. Interesting Places - DeathValley

A desert valley located in Eastern California

The lowest and driest area in North America

The highest recorded air temperature in the world (56.7 °C)

U.S. Interesting Places -The Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Located near Keystone, South Dakota

A monumental granite (žula) sculpture by Gutzon Borglum (1867–1941)

U.S. Interesting Places -The Mount Rushmore National Memorial

An 18 m sculpture carved into the cliff of Mount Rushmore

Sculptures of the heads of four United States presidents:

George Washington Thomas Jefferson Theodore Roosevelt Abraham Lincoln

U.S. Interesting Places - Kennedy Space Center

Located on Cape Canaveral on the Atlantic Ocean, Florida

Used from 1981–2011 for all Space Shuttle launches

Space exploration is led by NASA (The National Aeronautics and Space Administration)

A total of 13,100 people work at the center

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CLOUTIER, Paul. Route 66 [online]. [cit. 2.1.2013]. Dostupný na WWW: http://www.flickr.com/photos/theorem/217506365/

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FLANDERS, Camron. Garden [online]. [cit. 3.1.2013]. Dostupný na WWW: http://www.flickr.com/photos/camflan/7418388422/in/pool-15674299@N00

NASA. The Headquarters Building at Florida's Kennedy Space Center [online]. [cit. 3.1.2013]. Dostupný na WWW: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kennedy_Space_Center_Headquarters.jpg