Regions Most of Australia is flat. The highest part of the country lies in the east. Australia can be divided into three big regions: The Great Dividing Range or Eastern Highlands The Central Lowlands The Western Plateau The Eastern Highlands are the highest parts of the continent. This region is also called the Great Dividing Range because the rivers […]
Australia is the sixth biggest country in the world and the smallest continent. It lies between the Pacific and Indian Ocean, about 3,000 km from the mainland of Asia. It is very far away from Europe and by plane it takes you over 20 hours to get there. Australia is often called Down Under because the whole […]
London is the capital of the United Kingdom and one of the world’s oldest and largest cities. It is Great Britain’s economic , cultural and political centre. Its sightsattract millions of tourists every year. Geography London lies on the River Thames , about 50 km from the North Sea . The river hasinfluenced London for many centuries . Rising tides have flooded the city […]
A city is a place where thousands or even millions of people live in a very small area. Cities are much larger and more important than towns or villages. Today, about half of the world’s population live in cities. Parts of a city Today’s modern cities often have three characteristic areas. The centre of the city is called downtown. It consists of […]
Tropical rain forests are woodlands around the equator with a lot of vegetation that is evergreen. It is very warm and rain falls throughout the year. Although only 7 % of the land surface are covered with rainforests , more than half of the world’s plants and animal species live there. Rainforests are very important for human beings. Plants produce food and medicine […]
New York is the biggest city in the United States with a population of over 8 million . It lies along the Hudson River in the southeast corner of the state that has the same name. New York is always alive – a “city that never sleeps”. Boroughs New York is made up of five districts, called boroughs. Manhattan […]
Water is the most important liquid we know. It is everywhere we look. Water is in the ground and in the air that we breathe . All animals, plants and humans need water to survive . Water has formed our earth since its beginning. It also prevents the earth from becoming too hot or too cold. Water never disappears . We use the same water over and […]
The Arab-Israeli conflict is a struggle between the Jewish state of Israel and the Arabs of the Middle East. It has continued for many decades and there has been no peaceful solution so far. From the Beginnings to 1948 Many religions look upon the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea as their homeland. This historic land is called Palestine. Before the birth of Christ, the […]
Weather is the state of the atmosphere in a certain place at a certain time. Weather always changes and is different all around the world. It depends on many elements. It may be warm and sunny in one place but cold, windy and rainy somewhere else. Climate refers to the weather conditions in a certain area over a longer period of time. Weather is important […]
The Alps are the youngest and highest mountain system in Europe. They stretchacross the western and southern part of the continent in a broad arc. Themountain range starts near the Mediterranean Seaon the border between France and Italy. Then it curves north- and eastward through northern Italy, Switzerland Liechtenstein, southern Germany, Austria and Slovenia. The Alps are about 1,000 km […]