A Few Words about Australia

1. A Few Words about Australia

Author Shilkin Vasily
Tver, school 45
Teacher: Emelyanova
Elena
Mikhailovna

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How Can We Get to Australia?
Moscow
Sydney
The total distance from Moscow, Russia to Sydney, Australia is
9,001 miles. This is equivalent to 14,486 kilometers or 7,822
nautical miles.

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Your travel direction from Moscow to
Sydney is East (93 degrees from North).
Travel Time: 18 hours by plane.

5. Time difference

When you are in Sydney,
subtract:
■ 1 hour to find local time in
Tokyo
■ 2 hours- in Hong Kong
■ 9 hours- in Paris
■ 10 hours- in London
■ 15 hours- in New York
■ 18 hours- in San
Francisco

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During your flight to Sydney you will stop at Tokyo,
Singapore, Seoul, Hong Kong or Bangkok and at last
arrive at Sydney airport.

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GEOGRAPHY
Australia is considered to be the smallest of seven
continents and the sixth biggest state. Australia is situated
between the South Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. It is
made up of two islands.

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Australia is extremely close to other island nations. To
the north are: Papa New Guinea, Indonesia and part of
Malaysia. Additional to the north are the Philippines and Asian
mainland. Australian land mass of nearly 7.7 million km² makes
it the sixth largest country in area after Russia, Canada, China,
the United States and Brazil.

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Melbourne
Sydney
Brisbane

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Ayers rock
the Harbor bridge
the Blue Mountains
the Great Barrier Reef

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Flora and fauna
• Australia is a land of many
endemic animals and birds.
• Endemic is an animal which can
not be found anywhere else in
the world.
• The main native plants of
Australia are acacia, eucalyptus,
mimosa, palm, fern and cedar.
• Australia is sometimes called
“Kangarooland”.
• The kangaroo and the emu are
on the coat of arms of Australia.

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Animals
Koala
Emu
Brush-tailed possum
Dingo
Wombat

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National
parks
Australia has over 500 national
parks. Over 28 million hectares of
land is designated as national parkland, accounting for almost four per
cent of Australia's land areas. In
addition, a further six per cent of
Australia is protected and includes
state forests, nature parks and
conservation reserves.

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Australia is the flattest
and (after Antarctica)
the driest of continents. Huge areas of
land are so dry that
they are uninhabited.
There are rainforests
and vast plains in the
north, snowfields in the
south east, desert in
the centre and fertile
croplands in the east,
south and south west.
About one third of the
country lies in the
tropics.

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Mountain ranges run
from north to south
along the east coast,
reaching their
highest point in
Mount Kosciusko
(7,308 ft; 2,228 m).
The Great Barrier
Reef, extending
about 1,245 miles,
lies along the northeast coast.

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Русско-английский словарь
«Животного мира Австралии»
Б
Белка-летяга
sugar glider
Буйвол водяной
water buffalo
Большая белая акула
great white shark

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В
Валлаби
wallaby
Венценосный голубь
regent bowerbird
Волнистый попугай
budgerigar
Вомбат
wombat

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Г
Голубой кит
blue whale
Д
Динго
dingo
Е
Ехидна
spiny anteater
З
Зимородок-хохотун
kookaburra

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К
Какаду
cockatoo
Кенгуру
kangaroo
Коала
koala
Крокодил
crocodile

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Крыса
rat
Кистохвостый поссум
brush-tailed possum
Казуар
cassowary
Л
Летучая мышь
bat
Лирохвост
lyrebird

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М
Муравьед
numbat
П
Плащеносная ящерица
frilled lizard
С
Сумчатая куница
quoll overview
Т
Тасманский дьявол
Tasmanian devil

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У
Утконос
platypus
Х
Хантсман паук
huntsman spider
Ч
Чёрный лебедь
black swan
Э
Эму
emu

24. Thank you for attention