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1、1:TheRiverThamesisthesecondlongestriverintheUnitedKingdomandthelongestriverentirelyinEngland,risingatThamesHeadinGloucestershire[格洛斯特郡（英格蘭）],andflowingintotheNorthSeaattheThamesEstuary(河口).IthasaspecialsignificanceinflowingthroughLondon,thecapitaloft
2、heUnitedKingdom,althoughLondononlytouchesashortpartofitscourse.TheriveristidalinLondonwithariseandfallof7metres(23ft)andbecomesnon-tidalatTeddington[特丁頓（英國國立物理研究所所在地）]Lock.ThecatchmentareacoversalargepartofSouthEasternandWesternEnglandandtheriverisfe
3、dbyover20tributaries.Therivercontainsover80islands,andhavingbothseawaterandfreshwaterstretchessupportsavarietyofwildlife.theriverhassupportedhumanactivityfromitssourcetoitsmouthforthousandsofyearsprovidinghabitation,waterpower,foodanddrink.Ithasalsoa
4、ctedasamajorhighwaybothforinternationaltradethroughthePortofLondon,andinternallyalongitslengthandconnectingtotheBritishcanalsystem.Theriver’sstrategicpositionhasseenitatthecentreofmanyeventsandfashionsinBritishhistory,earningitadescriptionbyJohnBurns
5、as“LiquidHistory”.Ithasbeenaphysicalandpoliticalboundaryoverthecenturiesandgeneratedarangeofrivercrossings.Inmorerecenttimetheriverhasbecomeamajorleisureareasupportingtourismandpleasureoutingsaswellasthesportsofrowing,sailing,skiffing,kayaking,andpun
6、ting.Theriverhashadaspecialappealtowriters,artists,musiciansandfilm-makersandiswellrepresentedinthearts.Itisstillthesubjectofvariousdebatesaboutitscourse,nomenclatureandhistory.2:海德公園HydeParkisoneofthelargestparksincentralLondon,EnglandandoneoftheRoy
7、alParksofLondon,famousforitsSpeakers'Corner.TheparkisdividedintwobytheSerpentine.TheparkiscontiguouswithKensingtonGardens;althoughoftenstillassumedtobepartofHydePark,KensingtonGardenshasbeentechnicallyseparatesince1728,whenQueenCarolinemadeadivisionb
8、etweenthetwo.HydeParkcovers142hectares(350acres)[andKensingtonGardens(肯辛頓花園(倫敦西區(qū)高級(jí)住宅區(qū))covers111hectares(275acres),[2]givinganoverallareaof253hectares(625acres),makingthecombinedarealargerthanthePrincipalityofMonaco(196ha/484acres),thoughsmallerthanNe
