Australia is one of the world’s richest countries. It exports valuable minerals and farm products to all parts of the world. Various kinds of raw materials are produced. Many of them, however, lie in dry areas very far away from bigger cities or harbours. Workers must build railroad lines or roads to the mines, which is a reason why mining is a very expensive industry […]
More than 80 % of Australians live in cities or bigger towns. Most of them live in the suburbs and have their own schools, churches and shopping centres there. They live in bungalows with their own gardens. Older houses are made of wood and have verandas or porches. Some of them are built on poles . Most newer houses are made […]
Animals When the earth was formed there was only one continent . About 200 million years ago Australia was separated from this big continent and animals developed differently from those that live in other places. That is why Australia has animals which you can’t find anywhere else. Australia’s most famous animals are marsupials. They are mammals that have their babies in pouches. Kangaroos, […]
Australia is one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world. 9 out of 10 people live on only 3% of the land. Most of Australia’s 19 million people live near the coast, because the inner parts are made up of deserts. 80% of the country’s populationlive in the south-eastern part of the country. Here you can […]
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 […]