Презентація на тему: 'Ukraine'

Ukraine

Ukrainian neighbours. The territory of Ukraine is about 603,700 thousand square kilometres. Our country stretches for 1,300 km from east to west and 900 km from north to south. The country is situated in the centre of Europe. It borders on Russia, Moldova, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland and Belarus. The geographical position of Ukraine is ideal for the development of its economy due to the natural resources, too.

Ukrainian mountains We find the Carpathian Mountains with the highest peak Hoverla (2,061m) in the west of Ukraine. The Carpathians are young mountains. They are characterized by fl at summits and gentle slopes. The fl at area of the treeless summit is called a polonyna. There are the Crimean Mountains with the highest peak Roman-Kosh (1,545m) in the south of Ukraine. Their slopes are steep.

Water bodies and water resources. Ukraine is washed by the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov in the south. The main ports are Odesa, Kherson, Mykolaiv and Sebastopol. Ukraine has over 131 rivers. The largest rivers are the Dnipro, the Dniester, the Danube, the Southern Buh, the Siverskyi Donets and the Tysa. There are over 3,000 lakes throughout Ukraine. The largest freshwater lakes are Lake Yalpuh and Lake Svytiaz.

The Administrative Division of Ukraine Ukraine consists of 24 regions and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. The regions are: Vinnitsia, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zhytomyr, Zakarpattia, Zaporizhzhia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Luhansk, Lviv, Mykolayiv, Odesa, Poltava, Rivne, Sumy, Ternopil, Kharkiv, Kherson, Khmelnytskyi, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Chernivtsi and Volyn. The cities of Kyiv and Sebastopol have a special status set by the laws of Ukraine. Kyiv is the capital of Ukraine.

The climate of Ukraine. The climate of Ukraine is different in various parts of the country. The Carpathian and the Crimean Mountains protect the country from the bitter winds. The climate along the coasts of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov is much warmer than the climate of the rest of the country. Summer is hot here and winter is mild. The climate of the Crimea is subtropical. Summer is hot and dry. Winter is more often rainy than snowy. There are a lot of evergreen trees and bushes here. The rest of Ukraine’s territory has a moderately continental climate. It has become milder and warmer recently. The highest rainfall is observed in the western part of Ukraine, in the Carpathians. This is the wettest place in Ukraine.