The Czech Republic – basic facts

(Česká republika – základní údaje)

The Czech Republic – basic facts

Location and neighbouring countries

The area and population

Three parts of our country

Landscape (mountain ranges, rivers, lakes, ponds)

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

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?“

The Czech Republic – division

Our country consists of three parts:

• Bohemia

• Moravia

• Silesia

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

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

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

SnowdownŠumava

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.

Vltava Labe

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

Mácha's lake Rožmberk pond

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 30oC).

January is usually the coldest month of the year (around - 5oC).

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