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Estonia topic

Only nine are over 100 km in length. The longest, at 162 km, is the Võhandu River in the southeast, followed by the Pärnu, Põltsamaa and Pedja rivers. Forests Forest covers around one half of Estonia. The most common types of tree are pine, spruce and birch. The forests are rich in game. The forests contain elk, roe deer, wild boar, beavers, lynxes, bears and wolves. Estonia, along with Finland and Sweden are the countries with the greatest percentage of forest. Forest management and wood production are particularly important for the Estonian economy. Meadows Meadows in Estonia are much richer in different species than western Europe, and in summer foreign tourists travelling around the countryside can discover for themselves the variety and colour of the roadside meadows. The type of meadow richest in species is the wooded meadow. Marshes and bogs About one fifth of Estonia is covered with marshes and bogs, and most of these are to be

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Australia topic

difference of species, plants and animal form the other countrys. The water controls the type of vegetation in a country. The two main types of vegetation are the eucalyptus or gum trees and acacia or wattles. The eucalypts are found all over Australia. There are more than 500 varieties of gum trees in Australia. Australia is the home of some 600 species of acacia. These trees develop smaller, leathery leaves to avoid loss of water. Australia has over 155 million hectares of native forest, about 80 per cent of which are eucalypt. Animal life Australia is a continent ­ sized museum of ancient animals. Anteater and platypus are the two of the strangest animals in the world. They are really reptile ­ mammals. They have hair like cats and dogs, but they lay shelled eggs like snakes and turtles. And they are found only in Australia. Another group of Australian mammals, the marsupials, are less like reptiles than the anteater

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Topic - Great Britain

The environment is very young due to the Ice Age, so there has not been enough time for such diversity to develop. The seasonal changes that occur across the country mean that the animals have less to eat. Since industrialization began in England in the mid eighteenth century, it has had a big impact on indigenous animal populations. Song birds in particular are becoming scarcer and habitat loss has affected larger mammalian species. Some species have however adapted to the urban environments, such as the Red Fox, which is the most successful urban mammal after the Brown Rat. Large mammals are not very numerous in GB. Many of the bigger species, such as the Grey Wolf and the Brown Bear were hunted to extinction many centuries ago. However, recently, many of these large mammals have been reintroduced to some areas of mainland Britain. The largest mammals that remain in Britain today are members of the Deer family (for example: the Red Deer)

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Topic – Australia

The devil stores body fat in its tail and an unhealthy devil often has a thin tail. Unusually for a marsupial, its forelegs are slightly longer than its hind legs. Devils can run in bursts at the impressive speed of 13 kilometres per hour. Birds The Emu , is the largest bird native to Australia. The softfeathered, brown, flightless birds reach up to 2 m in height. The Emu is common over most of mainland Australia, although it avoids heavily populated areas, dense forest and arid areas. Emus can travel great distances at a fast, economical trot and, if necessary, can sprint at 50 km/h for some distance at a time. They are opportunistically nomadic and may travel long distances to find food; they feed on a variety of plants and insects. Kookaburras are best known for their unmistakable call which is uncannily like loud, echoing human laughter. The "Laughing Kookaburra" is known by its name for its "laugh" which it uses to greet its mate

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USA

Pittsburgh. Iron is mined near the Great Lakes and in the Pittsburgh, Birmingham and Philadelphia areas. In California and Texas there are rich oil-fields. There are also deposits of silver and gold Animal life In the Arctic regions of mountain and tundra are found ground squirrels, occasional bear and cold-water fish. Alaskan coastal waters are the habitat of a number of large mammals including walrus and seals. Caribous spend summers in the tundra but migrate into the conifer forest for winter. The moose ranges throughout the northern United States. In the eastern forests live elks, black bears, deer, foxes, raccoons, skunks and squirrels. Along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico live large and more colourful birds such as pelicans and flamingos. Alligators can also be found there. Bison (buffalo) are popularly associated with the grasslands, although they once ranged over most of eastern North America before becoming nearly extinct because of hunting

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Topic - Canada 2

Their most important customer for exports is the United States of America. Other export customers are also Japan, the United Kingdom and Germany. Canada exports a lot of products: what and other grains, beef and other meat, oil, dairy products, sugar beets and maple sugar products to name a few. Copper, cold, iron ore, nickel and zinc are the minerals most often sent to other countries. Natural gas and oil are other important exports along with forestry products. Though largely dependent on natural resources Canada has also a strong manufacturing industry. Transportation equipment such as automobiles and automobile parts are our most important manufactured goods, followed by food, paper products and chemicals. Canada is also a world leader in the telecommunications industry. 13. Biggest cities Canada's biggest cities are Toronto, Montréal, Calgary, Ottawa (which is also the capital),

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population of just under 2 million. It is a city set close to the Pacific Ocean. It is Named in honour of Sir Thomas Brisbane. It was established in 1824. In the new millennium, it is Australia's fastest growing city and the second fastest in the developed world. 7 Perth is the capital of Western Australia. A population of 1,477,800 people makes Perth the largest city in Western Australia. The city is also the fourth most populous urban area in Australia. Its area is 5,386 km². Adelaide is the capital of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia, with a population of over 1.1 million. It is named in honour of Queen Adelaide Canberra is the capital city of Australia and with a population of just over 325,000 people. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory, Canberra was selected for nation's capital in 1908 as a compromise between Sydney and Melbourne, the two largest cities

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Ireland report

immigrants since the 1990s. In recent years, mainland Chinese have been migrating to Ireland in significant numbers. Nigerians, along with people from other African countries have accounted for a large proportion of the non-European Union migrants to Ireland. After Dublin (1,661,185 in Greater Dublin), Ireland's largest cities are Belfast (579,276 in Greater Belfast), Cork (380,000 in Greater Cork),Limerick (93,321 incl. suburbs), Derry (90,736 in Derry Urban Area), Galway (71,983 in city proper) and Waterford (45,775 in city proper). Transport Roads Motorists must drive on the left in Ireland, as in Britain, Australia, India, Hong Kong and Japan. Unfortunately, tourists driving on the wrong side of the road cause serious accidents every year.

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