1. The Czech Republic – basic
facts
(Česká republika – základní údaje)

2. The Czech Republic – basic facts
 Location and neighbouring countries
 The area and population
 Three parts of our country
 Landscape (mountain ranges, rivers, lakes,
ponds)

3. The Czech Republic – location, area,
population
The Czech Republic is the state in the centre of
Europe
 Area is about 79 thousand square kilometres
 Population is about 10 million people

4. The Czech Republic – basic facts
Curency: Czech crown - czech symbol "Kc",
international symbol "CZK„
Flag: Two horizontal white (top) and red (bottom)
bands with blue triangel
Anthem: „Where is my home?“

5. The Czech Republic – division
 Our country consists of three parts:
• Bohemia
• Moravia
• Silesia

6. The Czech Republic - neighbouring
countries
 Neighbours of the Czech Republic are:
• Poland in the north
• Slovakia in the east
• Austria in the south
• Germany in the west

8. The Czech Republic - system of government,
head of our state, political bodies
The Czech Republic is a democratic republic
The head of state is the president (Miloš Zeman)
Political bodies of the Czech Republic are:
• the government
• the parliament
• the senate

9. The Czech Republic – mountains, peaks
The highest mountains are the Giant Mountains
(the highest peak is Sněžka/Snowdon, it is 1 602 m
high).
Next mountains are Krušné Mountains, Šumava,
Vysočina, Beskydy, Jeseníky.
A lot of protected areas and four national parks
can be found in our mountains

10. SnowdownŠumava

11. The Czech Republic – rivers
Our longest river is the river Vltava – it is 430
km long, there are some dams on this river, for
example Orlík or Slapy.
Our biggest river is the Elbe flowing from the
Giant Mountains to the North Sea.

12. VltavaLabe

13. The Czech Republic – lakes and ponds
The biggest and the most beautiful lake is Lake
Mácha.
In Šumava Mountains we can find Black Lake and
Devil's Lake.
South Bohemia is famous for its ponds
(Rožmberk,Horusický, Bezdrev)
Rožmberk is the largest pond in the Czech Republic

14. Mácha's lakeRožmberk pond

15. The Czech Republic - weather
The Czech Republic has a continental climate which
means the weather changes a lot during the year.
We have four seasons of the year in our country -
spring, summer, autumn and winter.
The highest temperatures are in July and August
(around 25 or 30o
C).
January is usually the coldest month of the year
(around - 5o
C).

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