We are all teachers and we are all pupils Gilbert Highet, Scottish-born American classicist
Different countries- different landscapes
Coral Sea Northern Ireland Mount Everest California Ladoga Tasmania North Dvina Ob Great Sandy South Wales Snowdon Dover Heathrow Rockies Baltic Sea Azov Appalachian Mountains Western Siberian Plain Saint Lawrence River Mississippi
Rivers Oceans Seas Mountain ranges Deserts Groups of islands
Australia The Coral Sea Tasmania The Great Sandy Desert
The UK Northern Ireland South Wales Snowdon Dover Heathrow
The USA California The Rockies The Appalachian Mountains The Saint Lawrence River The Mississippi
Russia Ladoga The Ob The Baltic Sea The Azov The Western Siberia Plain
The USA The USA covers 9,372,614 square kilomitres. It is washed by the Atlantic in the east and by the Pacific in the west. It stretches from Canada in the north to Mexico, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Gulf of California in the south. The USA is divided into three areas: the eastern area –Highland, where the Appalachian Mountains are situated, Central area- plain and Western area which is mountainous and includes the Cordilleras and the Rocky Mountains. The north-eastern part of the USA is the region of the five Great Lakes. The St. Lawrence River joins the water of five lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. In the west of the USA there is another lake called The Great Salt Lake. The main rivers of the USA are the Mississippi, the Missouri, the Yukon, the Colorado, the Columbia, the St. Lawrence and the Hudson.