British Columbia
[size=3][color=#29384e][font=Times New Roman]British Columbia is the third largest Canadian provinces[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] both in area and population. It is nearly 1.5 times as large as Texas[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] and extends 800 miles[/font][font=宋体]（[/font][font=Times New Roman]1[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman]280km[/font][font=宋体]）[/font][font=Times New Roman] north from the United States border. It includes Canada[/font][font=宋体]‘[/font][font=Times New Roman]s entire west coast and the islands just off the coast.[/font][/color][/size][size=3][color=#29384e][font=Times New Roman] [/font][/color][/size]
[size=3][color=#29384e][font=宋体] [/font][font=Times New Roman]Most of British Columbia is mountainous[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] 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[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] this range was scoured by glaciers until most of it was beneath the sea. Its peaks now show as islands scattered along the coast.[/font][/color][/size]
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[size=3][color=#29384e][font=宋体] [/font][font=Times New Roman]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[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] winter temperatures average above freezing and summers are mild. These warm western winds also carry moisture from the ocean.[/font][/color][/size]
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[size=3][color=#29384e][font=宋体] [/font][font=Times New Roman]Inland from the coast[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] the winds from the Pacific meet the mountain barriers of the coastal ranges and the Rocky Mountains. As they rise to cross the mountains[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] the winds are cooled[/font][font=宋体]，[/font][font=Times New Roman] and their moisture begins to fall as rain. On some of the western slopes almost 200 inches [/font][font=宋体]（[/font][font=Times New Roman]500cm[/font][font=宋体]）[/font][font=Times New Roman] of rain fall each year.[/font][/color][/size]
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[color=#29384e][font=宋体][size=10.5pt] [/size][/font][size=10.5pt]More than half of British Columbia is heavily forested. On mountain slopes that receive plentiful rainfall[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]，[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] huge Douglas firs rise in towering columns. These forest giants often grow to be as much as 300 feet[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]（[/size][/font][size=10.5pt]90m[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]）[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] tall[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]，[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] with diameters up to 10 feet[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]（[/size][/font][size=10.5pt]3m[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]）。[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] More lumber is produced from these trees than from any other kind of tree in North America. Hemlock[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]，[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] red cedar[/size][font=宋体][size=10.5pt]，[/size][/font][size=10.5pt] and balsam fir are among the other trees found in British Columbia[/size][/color]
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