1. Carolina Kristina Koplimets
Eeva-Brita Uustal
Anni-Teele Värav

2. THE BASICS: GEORGAPHY
 Area: 45226 km² (5,3 times smaller than Romania)
 Highest point: Suur Munamägi, 318 m
 Biggest lake: Peipsi-Pihkva, 3555 km²
 Coastline: 3794 km
 Islands and islets: approx. 1500
 Biggest islands: Saaremaa, Hiiumaa
 Longest river: Võhandu, 162 km
 Forests and woodland: 50,3%

4. Typical forest in Estonia

5. THE FIFTH SEASON
There are 3 different areas in Estonia that get flooded
annually. Soomaa is the most famous of them, mainly
because it has the biggest population of these three.
Soomaa area gets flooded every spring and people call it
"the fifth season". In the older times, people (especially
youngsters) used to celebrate and look forward to the fifth
season as it was a holiday. No one had to work (because
no one simply could) so everyone came together, sang and
played music. One of the latest and biggest floods that
Soomaa has seen was in year 2010. The highway going
through Soomaa was covered in water for about 5 km. The
maximum water level in 2010 was 4 m and 94 cm.

6. THE FIFTH SEASON
The Fifth Season

7. THE FIFTH SEASON
The flood affected the area of total 142 square kilometers,
although this was still only the fourth biggest flood in 100
years. The absolute biggest was in 1931 and the maximum
water level was 5.53 m. The water level also went past the 5
m in 1951 and 1956. Soomaa actually means "Swamp Land"
in Estonian.

9. ESTONIAN CLIMATE
 Estonia has four seasons of near-equal length.
 Estonia is continuously warmed by maritime air, and because of that, it
has a milder climate despite its northern latitude.
 The average temperature in July, which is considered the warmest
month of the year, is 16.4 °C.
 The average temperature in February, the coldest month of the year, is
−5.7 °C.
 Snow cover, which is deepest in the south-eastern part of Estonia,
usually lasts from mid-December to late March.
 The highest measured airtemperature, which was 35,6 °C, was
registred in in Võru and the lowest, -43,2 °C, in Jõgeva.

10. Winter in Estonia

11. SOURCES
 Map of Estonia: http://www.telegram.ee/eesti/aastal-2017-muutubeesti-kaart-oluliselt#.Unar3lOimXF (Estonian map will change
appreciably in year 2017)
 Photo of Estonian forest: http://www.telegram.ee/eesti/metsapealinn2013-on-elva-linn#.UnasrlOimXE (Elva - the forestcapital of 2013)
 The Fifth season: http://nagi.ee/contest/29/picture/9565/
http://www.romanpurga.com/
 Winter in Estonia: http://pilt.delfi.ee/picture/10207475/
 Estonian climate:
http://www.estonica.org/et/Loodus/Asend_ja_looduslikud_tingimused/
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