songs). The best chanters were able to recite 10 000 - 20 000 verses. The Seto folk dance is called kargus. Men and women dance separately, not in pairs. At earlier times in each village there was at least one good musician who was able to play the accordion or zither. Sightseeing places: Holy Slavic Springs in Izborsk. According to an ancient legend, when Dooms- day arrives and water disappears from everywhere, the springs will remain as the only waterbodies in the environs of Izborsk. There are four churches in Izborsk. Two of them are still in use as churches, the other two bleong to the Izborsk State Museum. The Mõla church is located in the Village of Mõla. Mõla church was established about 600 years ago. The present stone church is 500 years old. From under the church flows out a creek that is said to have magic power. Around the church is a cemetery. In the near vicinity you will find the
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are few and far between. When it falls it stays though, and there tends to be a layer of snow on the ground constantly. The deepest snow cover is usually in the south-eastern part of Estonia. Temperatures range from a summer average of 30°C to an average in winter of -8°C.The coldest month is considered to be February and the hottest July. There are about 160 to 181 rainy days a year. Rainfall is distributed throughout the year with the heaviest rainfall in August. Nature Waterbodies Estonia is a country of thousands of lakes. There are about 1450 natural and man-made lakes in Estonia. The two largest of them are Lake Peipsi (the fifth largest in Europe; 3 555 sq km, shared with Russia) and Võrtsjärv (270 sq. km). Of all the other lakes, only 45 have an area of more than 100 ha. Lake Peipsi and Lake Võrtsjärv are rich in fish. In Lake Peipsi you can find rare species of fish such as the lake whitefish and the Peipsi smelt. Võrtsjärv is famous for its
area but the best evidence suggests that it was at least 10000 years ago. The first graded road was built in 1948 on mount Uluru. Ayers Rock was created as a national park in 1950. Artistically Kata Tjuta is noted for its engravings and its rock piles whereas Uluru is famous for its rock paintings. Both the engravings and the geometric rock piles are believed to have been created by the Spirit Ancestor during the Dreamtime. Waterbodies. There are very few rivers in Australia. Australian temporary rivers are called creeks they are full of water only after rains. The biggest rivers are in the east. Most of them are short. The Murray River with its tributary the Darling gives water for irrigation (vilja kastmiseks). Most of the lakes also have water only after the rains. Lake Eyre, the biggest, is one of the many salt lakes in Central Australia. Australia has much underground water
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