1. Russia. The Geographical Position, Nature and Climate
- to occupy – занимать
- to border on – граничить c
- to be situated on/ in/ to – находиться на/к …
- to be situated in the south of… — находиться на юге от …
- to be situated to the west of… — находиться к западу от …
- to be located in/on – располагаться в/ на …
- to cover with — лежать, покрывать; расстилаться
- to cover the territory of — занимает территорию …
- to lie in (to) – лежать на (к)
- to lie in the north of… — лежать на севере …
- to lie to the east of… — лежать к востоку …
- to wash — омывать
- to be washed by — омываться (морем, океаном)
- main — главный
- to flow — течь (о реке)
- to flow into (run into) — впадать
- to differ from – отличаться от…
- temperate, moderate – умеренный (о климате)
- to stretch over — простираться
- to strech from … to… — простирается от… до…
- to separate — отделять
- to be separated by — отделяться …
- densely (thinly) populated — густо населена (мало населена)
- consist of — состоять из
- in the east – на востоке
- in the west – на западе
- in the south – на юге
- in the north – на севере
- land – суша
- island (on the island) – остров (на острове)
- continent (on the continent) – континент (на континенте)
1. Russia. The Geographical Position, Nature and Climate
- Russia occupies about one seventh of the earth’s surface.
- Russia borders on China, Mongolia, Korea, Kazakhstan, Georgia and Azerbaijan in the South.
- Russia is situated on the Eurasia continent.
- Russia is located on two continents: Europe and Asia.
- Russia covers almost twice the territory of either the United States or China.
- Tundra is a kind of frozen desert, which lies in the Arctic region.
- Twelve seas wash the shores of Russia.
- Russia is washed by 12 seas and 2 oceans.
- The main Siberian rivers – the Ob, the Yenisei and the Lena flow from south to north.
- The Volga flows into the Caspian Sea.
- The climate of Russia differs from one part to another.
- The middle part of Russia has a temperate climate.
- Russia stretches over a vast expanse of Eastern Europe and Northern Asia.
- The Ural Mountains separate Europe from Asia.
- The European part of Russia is densely populated, but Siberia is thinly populated.
- Russia consists of the two parts which are separated by the Ural mountains.
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