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The climate of Ukraine. Підготувала: Скляр Людмила Леонідівна, вчитель англійської мови Запорізької гімназії №46, спеціаліст вищої категорії, старшій вчитель  

The climate of Ukraine is temperate continental. Ukraine occupies the vast territory and this is the reason why the continental climate changes from one region of the country to another. The climate of the Western regions is mild, while the climate of the Eastern ones is sharp. But nevertheless the climate in the most part of Ukraine is continental and not so mild.

During the last decades a man has greatly interfered in nature. A number of man-made seas are now in the basin of the Dnieper river. Of course, they influenced the climate, and it changed in some way. But still the winters are frosty. Sometimes the temperature is 20-25 degrees below zero. Though the weather varies greatly from year to year. For example, sometimes it often rains throughout a year and sometimes it is very dry.

The highest rainfall is observed in the western part of Ukraine, in the Carpathians. This is the wettest place in Ukraine. The rains are few on the coastline of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. On the main part of the country rain falls enough to cultivate different agricultural plants. The winds are strong and occur often in the central part of Ukraine in the steppe zone. Sometimes sandy storms happen there.

It may be interesting for you to compare the climate of Ukraine with that of Great Britain. Though Ukraine lies further southern than Great Britain its continental climate determines the differences existed between two countries. While the meadows are green in Great Britain the whole year round and sheep and cattle can find food there in winters as well as in other seasons, the cattle in the vast steppes in the southern Ukraine can't find it.

The fogs are not so frequent in our country as in Great Britain. Sometimes they happen in autumn and spring after the long periods of rains, especially if the temperature rises quickly. Due to the Great Britain's geographical position the winter temperature in England is on the average of 10 degrees higher than in our country. But in summer there are more hot days in Ukraine than in England.