Презентация по английскому языку по теме Different Countries - Different Landscapes (8-9 классы)

Fill in the table using the following words. Write the definite article if necessary. Coral Sea North Dvina Northern Ireland Ob Snowdon South Wales California Great Sandy Ladoga Heathrow Tasmania Rockies Dover Baltic Sea Azov Appalachian Mountains Western Siberian Plain Saint Lawrence River Mississippi

Australia the UK the USA Russia

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Australia

The Coral Sea The Coral Sea is a marginal sea of the South Pacific off the northeast coast of Australia, and classified as an interim Australian bioregion.

Tasmania Tasmania is an island state of the Commonwealth of Australia. It is located 240 km (150 mi) to the south of the Australian mainland, separated by Bass Strait.

The Great Sandy Desert It is the second largest desert in Australia after the Great Victoria Desert and encompasses an area of 284,993 square kilometres.

The UK

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, and consists of six of the nine counties of the province of Ulster.

South Wales South Wales is the region of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west.

Snowdon Snowdon is the highest mountain in Wales, at an elevation of 1,085 metres (3,560 ft) above sea level, and the highest point in the British Isles outside the Scottish Highlands.

Dover Dover is a town and major ferry port in the home county of Kent, in South East England. It faces France across the strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel, and lies south-east of Canterbury.

Heathrow Heathrow is a major international airport in west London, England, United Kingdom. Heathrow is the busiest airport in the United Kingdom, busiest airport in Europe by passenger traffic, and sixth busiest airport in the world by total passenger traffic.

The USA

California California is the third-most extensive state by area and most populous state in the United States.

The Rockies The Rocky Mountains, commonly known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range in western North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch more than 3,000 miles (4,800 km) from the northernmost part of British Columbia, in western Canada, to New Mexico, in the southwestern United States.

The Appalachian Mountains The Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appalachians, are a system of mountains in eastern North America.

The Saint Lawrence River The Saint Lawrence River is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America. The Saint Lawrence River flows in a roughly north-easterly direction, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean and forming the primary drainage outflow of the Great Lakes Basin.

The Mississippi The Mississippi River is the chief river of the largest drainage system on the North American continent. Flowing entirely in the United States it rises in northern Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for 2,320 miles (3,730 km) to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico.

Russia

Ladoga Lake Ladoga is a freshwater lake located in the Republic of Karelia and Leningrad Oblast in northwestern Russia just outside the outskirts of Saint Petersburg. It is the largest lake in Europe, and the 15th largest freshwater lake by area in the world.

The Ob The Ob River also Obi, is a major river in western Siberia, Russia and is the worlds seventh longest river. It forms at the confluence of the Biya and Katun rivers which have their origins in the Altay Mountains. The Gulf of Ob is the worlds longest estuary.

The Baltic Sea The Baltic Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, enclosed by Scandinavia, Finland, the Baltic countries, and the North European Plain. It includes the Gulf of Bothnia, the Bay of Bothnia, the Gulf of Finland, the Gulf of Riga, and the Bay of Gdańsk.

The Azov The Sea of Azov is a sea in south-eastern Europe. To the south it is linked by the narrow (about 4 km or 2.5 mi) Strait of Kerch to the Black Sea.

The Western Siberia Plain The West Siberian Plain, also known as Zapadno-sibirskaya Ravnina, is a large plain that occupies the western portion of Siberia, between the Ural Mountains in the west and the Yenisei River in the east, and by the Altay Mountains on the southeast.