Презентация "Articles with geographical names"

Articles with geographical names.
THE is used with the names of:
Mountain range (the Alps)
The group of Islands (the Hawaiian Islands)
The group of lakes (the Great Lakes)
Rivers, channels, straits (the Volga, the Panama channel, the Gulf of Mexico, the Straits of Gibraltar)
Desert (the Gobi Desert)
Oceans and seas (the Atlantic ocean, the Caspian sea)
Regions (the Midwest)
Countries with the name: federation, kingdom, state (the USA, the UK, the Russian Federation)
Countries has plural form of name (the Netherlands)

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…Murray and …Darling are…Australian greatest rivers.
A number of short rivers flow from… Australian Alps and…Blue mountains into…Pacific Ocean.
…New Zealand consists of 13 large islands:...North Island, …South Island and…Steward Island.
…Wellington is the capital of…New Zealand.

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River, in, Thames, England, the deepest, is.
Ocean, Sea, is, Kingdom, North, and, washed, United, Sea, Atlantic, by, Irish.
Can, you, forests, mountains, deep, extensive, see, in, States, heavy, and, high, United, and, deserts, canyons.
Biggest, on Glasgow, Clyde, stands, Scotland’s, city.
Russia, flat, is, mostly, relief, the, of.

River, Darling, in, is, Australian, longest.
Heavy, is, with, Siberia, covered, forests.
Many, from, animals, America, attract, Australia, unique, and, of, Europe, tourists.
Baikal, very, types, and, live, there, water, is, fish, and, many, in, clear, of, plants.
Lakes, people, holidays, like, spend, of, Karelia, here, who, rich, in, fishing, are, their, and, fish, many.

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Russia is located on two…(island, plain, coast)
The USA is washed by the Pacific …in the West. (coast, desert, ocean)
The Highlands of Scotland are among the oldest…in the world. (wood, mountain, canyon)
Edinburgh Castle was built on a high…. (forest, canyon, hill)
The north and the west of Great Britain are… (deep, mountainous, flat)

The Black sea …is very good place for summer holydays in our country. (coast, range, island)
There are many…in Siberia. (desert, ocean, forest)
I like to go for a walk when the weather is … (sunny, useless, vast)
South Wales is a land of…hills and wide valleys. (extensive, high, huge)

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Соединенное королевство-это островное государство.
Соединенные штаты Америки омываются Атлантическим океаном и Тихим океаном на Западе.
Озеро Байкал – это одно из самых больших озер в России.
Кенбара- столица Австралии.

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