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    British Columbia

    British  Columbia is the third  largest Canadian province，  both in  area and  population. It is nearly 1.5  times as large as Texas， and  extends 800 miles （1，280km） north  from the United States border. It includes Canada's entire west coast and the islands just off the coast.Most of British Columbia is mountainous， with long rugged ranges running north and south. Even the coastal islands are the remains of a mountain range that existed thousands of years ago. During the last Ice Age， this range was scoured by glaciers until most of it was beneath the sea. Its peaks now show as islands scattered along the coast.The southwestern  coastal region has a  humid  mild marine climate. Sea winds that  blow inland from the west are warmed by a current  of warm water that flows through the Pacific Ocean. As a result， winter temperatures average above freezing and summers are mild. These warm western winds also carry moisture from the ocean. Inland from the coast， the winds from the Pacific meet the mountain barriers of the coastal ranges and the Rocky Mountains. As they rise to cross the mountains， the winds are cooled， and their moisture begins to fall as rain. On some of the western slopes almost 200 inches （500cm） of rain fall each year. More than half of British  Columbia is heavily forested. On mountain slopes that receive plentiful rainfall， huge Douglas firs rise in towering columns. These forest giants often grow to be as much as 300 feet （90m） tall， with diameters up to 10 feet （3m）。 More lumber is produced from these trees than from any other kind of tree in North America. Hemlock， red cedar， and balsam fir are among the other trees found in British Columbia.

    全文翻譯：英屬哥倫比亞

    英屬哥倫比亞是加拿大的第三大省，無論是面積還是人口都是如此。  它幾乎是德克薩 斯的 1.5 倍，從美國(guó)邊境一直向北延伸了 800 英里（1，280 公里）。  它包括了加拿大整個(gè)西 海岸及附近島嶼。  大部分英屬哥倫比亞多山巒。  綿長(zhǎng)而粗獷的山脈貫通南北。  甚至那些 沿海的島嶼都是那些存在于千萬年前的山脈的遺跡。  在上一個(gè)冰河時(shí)期，這些山脈被冰河 沖刷侵蝕，直到大部分山脈被淹沒在海中。

    它們的峰頂顯現(xiàn)為沿著海岸散布的島嶼。 西南 海岸地區(qū)有著潮濕溫和的海洋性氣候。  從太平洋來的溫暖的洋流使得從西吹過內(nèi)陸的海風(fēng) 變得溫暖。 因此這兒冬天平均氣溫在零上而且夏天也不會(huì)酷熱。 這些溫暖的西風(fēng)同樣也從 海洋帶來了濕氣。  來自太平洋的、從海岸向內(nèi)陸的風(fēng)遇到海岸山脈和落基山脈這些山脈屏 障。  當(dāng)氣流升高跨越這些山脈時(shí)，風(fēng)的溫度就降低了，風(fēng)中的水分形成降雨。  在一些朝西 山坡區(qū)域每年大約有 200 英寸（500 厘米）的降水。  大部分英屬哥倫比亞密布著森林。  在有 充足降水的斜坡，巨大的道格拉斯樅樹高聳入云。 這些森林巨人常常長(zhǎng)到高達(dá) 300 英尺（90 米），直徑粗達(dá) 10 英尺（3 米）。  這些樹產(chǎn)出了比北美其他任何樹都多的木材。  鐵杉、紅香椿、香脂冷杉樅都是發(fā)現(xiàn)于英屬哥倫比亞的其它樹種。