Slovakia By: Danni lin 2011/10/24 5 Themes of Geography Slovakia By: Danni lin 2011/10/24

Location ★Slovakia is latitudes 47°and 50°N and longitudes 16°and 23°E. ★Slovakia near to the Czech Republic and Austria to the west ,Poland to the north Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south.

Place ★In Slovakia ,there are 4 somewhat different climates. Most part is in the mountain region

Place continued…… ★The official language is Slovak. ★Hungarian is widely spoken in the southern regions. ★Rusyn is used in some parts of the northeast ★Slovakia become an aid provider at the end of 2008. ★Slovak economy is consider an advanced economy

Movement ★Slovakia is a good place for traveling. It has 160 different size lakes. ★main industrial departments has the steel, food, Tobacco, transportation . ★main crops has beets, barley, wheat, oil crops .

Region ★It has a population of over five million and an area of about 49.000 square kilometers ★Slovakia features natural landscape, mountains, caves, medieval castles, and towns, spas and ski resorts.

Region continued…… ★The highest point is Gerlach peak in Tatra mountains. ★Gerlach peak is 8,743 feet. ★Slovakia is rich in small natural lakes. ★Slovakia lowest point is near Bodrog River, the river across the border with Hungary

Region continued…… ★Slovakia important river include the Danube and Morava, Hron, Hroned and vah. ★“Carpathian Mountains cover its northern borders with the Czech Republic and Poland”.

Climate ★In Slovakia, summers are warm and pleasant, sometimes it rains. ★In Slovakia, winter are cold, cloudy and humid. ★In the capital city of Bratislava, in winter temps range from -3°to 2° ★in summer temps range from 16°to 26°

Food Food is very important .

Environment Slovakia is a beautiful country, everyone loves nature. It has 9 national parks.

Music popular music began to replace folk music beginning in the 1950s.

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