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ENGLISH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES

English-speaking countries:
Great Britain

USA

Canada

Australia

New Zealand

Great Britain
The British Isles lie in the northwest of Europe.
Two large islands, Great Britain and Ireland, and many smaller ones form a group of the British Isles. Great Britain is the largest island in Europe.
The UK consists of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Great Britain is washed by the Atlantic Ocean and the Irish Sea in the west and by the English Channel in the south.

Great Britain
Area: 229.848 sq. kms.
Population: about 61 million people (in 2011)
The highest mountain: Ben Nevis (in Scotland)
The longest river: Severn
Climate: damp and mild: the winter is not very cold and the summer is not very hot
The capital: London

Great Britain
One of the oldest flag in the world is the British. The flag of the United Kingdom is known as the Union Jack.
It is made up of three crosses: the cross of St. George (the patron saint of England), the cross of St. Andrew (the patron saint of Scotland) and the cross of St. Patrick (the patron saint of Ireland).

What is the capital of Great Britain

London
London is political, economic and cultural centre.
It’s one of the largest cities in the world.
Its population is more than 9 million people.
London is situated on the river Thames.
It was founded more than two thousand years ago.

The term «United States», when used in the geographical sense, means the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The United States shares land borders with Canada and Mexico and maritime (water) borders with Russia, Cuba, and The Bahamas in addition to Canada and Mexico.
USA

USA
Area: 9.629.091 sq. kms (total)
Population: about 321.163.157 people (2015 estimate)
The highest mountain peak : Mount McKinley, 6.168 m
The longest river: Missouri River (3.767 km)
Largest lake: Lake Michigan (58.000 sq. kms)
The capital: Washington
Largest city: New York City

USA
Great Seal of the United States is used to authenticate certain documents issued by the U.S. federal government. The Great Seal was first used publicly in 1782. Since 1935, both sides of the Great Seal have appeared on the reverse of the one-dollar bill.

USA
The American flag is called the Stars and Stripes. The horizontal red and white stripes represent the original thirteen states that declared they would no longer be colonies of Great Britain.
The stars in the flag – white on a dark blue background – represent the number of states making up the United States. There are fifty of them now.

Washington is the capital of the USA

Washington
Capitol Hill is the largest residential historic district in Washington. The United States Capitol Complex is a group of about a dozen buildings and facilities in Washington.
The Space Needle is an observation tower in Seattle, a landmark of the Pacific Northwest. It was built in the Seattle Center for the 1962 World's Fair. It has an observation deck at 520 ft (160 m)

CANADA
Canada is a country, consisting of ten provinces and three territories, in the northern part of the continent of North America.
Canada extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean
Canada is the world's second largest country in total area.

CANADA
Area: 9.984.670 sq. kms
Population: about 35.749.600 people (in 2015)
The highest mountain: Mount Logan (6.050 m)
The longest river: Mackenzie River (4.241 km)
Largest lake: Great Bear Lake (31.153 sq. kms)
Climate: temperate in south to subarctic or arctic in north
The capital: Ottawa
Largest city: Toronto

CANADA
The National Flag of Canada, also known as the Maple Leaf.
The Canadian flag consists of three vertical stripes, two red ones in the right and left and a white stripe between them, with a maple leaf in the middle of the white stripe.

Ottawa is the capital of Canada

Toronto is the largest city of Canada

Australia
Australia is an Oceanian country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area.

Australia
Area: 7.692.024 sq. kms
Population: about 23.820.300 people (in 2015)
The highest mountain: Mount Kosciuszko
(2.228 m)
The longest river: Murray (2.508 km)
The Great Barrier Reef – the world's largest coral reef (over 2,000 km)
The capital: Canberra
Largest city: Sydney

Australia
Australian flag’s background and crosses are as on the British flag.
In the top left-hand corner the Australians show the stars of the Southern Cross in white on a blue field.

Canberra is the capital of Australia

Sydney is the largest city of Australia

New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
New Zealand is situated some 1,500 kilometres east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and roughly 1,000 kilometres south of the Pacific island areas of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga.

New Zealand
New Zealand is long and narrow (over 1.600 kms)
Area: 268.021 sq. kms
Population: about 4.570.038 people (in 2014)
The highest mountain: Mount Aoraki (3.754 m)



The capital: Wellington
Largest city: Auckland

New Zealand
The stars of the Southern Cross emphasize this country's location in the South Pacific Ocean.





The Union Jack in the first quarter recognizes New Zealand's historical origins as a British colony and dominion.

Wellington is the capital of New Zealand

Auckland is the largest city of
New Zealand

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