countries which are in a plural form

THE ENVIRONMENTS

	article
countries	NO	France
countries which are in a plural form	YES	The UK
Countries when limited by time	YES	The Spain of today
Mountains individual	NO	Mount Everest
Mountain chains	YES	The Alps
Islands	NO	Sicily
Islands – as a group	YES	The West Indies
Rivers	YES	The Volga
Oceans	YES	The Pacific
Seas	YES	The Mediterranean
Gulfs, bays and straits	YES	The Gulf of Mexico, the Bay of Biscay
Lakes	NO	Lake Baikal
currents	YES	The Gulf Stream

Iceland = An island republic in the North Atlantic. The landscape consists largely of barren plains and mountains, with large ice fields particularly in the south-west. The island has active volcanoes (they still erupt) and is known for its thermal springs and geysers (warm water that fountains out of the ground). With less than 1 % of the land suitable for growing crops, the nation’s economy is based on fishing, and fish products account for 80% of the export.

Area: 103,000 km². Population: 227,000. Capital: Reykjavik.

Here are some other nouns useful when talking about the environment:

• Where land meets sea: coast, shore, beach, cliff, cape, peninsula
• Connected with rivers: source, tributary, waterfall, mouth, valley, gorge, delta, brook, stream, estuary
• Connected with mountains; foot, ridge, peak, summit, glacier

There are many environmental problems in the world today:

• The air, rivers and seas are all polluted, especially in over-populated and heavily industrialized regions. Poor waste disposal is the cause of much of this pollution
• Overfishing has depleted the numbers of fish in the oceans
• The destruction of the ozone layer is leading to climatic changes and what is known as thegreenhouse effect
• The destruction of the rainforests is causing widespread ecological problems
• Battery farming provides large amounts of food but it involves keeping animals in crowded and unnatural conditions

ü Two-thirds of the surface of the earth is covered IN water

ü El Azizia is the __________ place in the world where temperature of over 57 degrees Celsius has been recorded

ü The ______ place on earth may be Vostok in Antarctica, which reached the t⁰ of minus 89⁰ C

ü The longest canal in the world is in __________. It’s 1,794 km long

ü The Salto Angel, located in Venezuela, is the highest _____________. It is 993 meters high

ü The __________ is the largest ocean, and it is nearly twice the size of ______________

ü The highest mountain in the world is __________________

ü The longest river in Europe is __________________

Say where it is located

• The Straits of Gibraltar
• The Cape of Good Hope
• The Himalayas
• The Victoria waterfall
• The Andes
• Lake Eire
• The Nile
• The Sahara Desert

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