USA- places of interest

Veronika Táborská, V8A

New Orleans

• Louisiana• 1,4 mil. inhabitans• musical metropolis• founded by the French (1718)• a lot of sights

Colorado

• 38th state in the USA• spanish => red• 270 000 km2

• 1859- Gold Rush• The Rocky Mountains

San Francisco• the part of Bay Area• 800 000 inhabitans• state California • Golden Gate Bridge• Berkeley and Oakland • maritime centre

Grand Canyon

• on the north-west of Arizona• declared in 1919• 5 000 km2

• north and south part• different shades of the rocks• river Colorado • 5 mil. tourists

National Park Sequoia• Sierra Nevada • protection of Sequoias• General Sherman• Mount Whitney• Mineral King (1978)

Everglade National Park

• in the south part of Florida• established in 1947• 610 000 ha• UNESCO (1979)• wetlands • fauna and flora• airboats

Questions

• How is one of the oldest national park called?• What can you see in Everglade National Park?• What sights can you see in New Orleans?• How is the oldest tree called?