Number 14, exercise 7.0:05
Listen to two small texts under the title Two Natural Wonders and complete the statements.0:08
Two Natural Wonders A. Victoria Falls There are many natural wonders in this beautiful world.0:19
Some of them have become quite famous and people are prepared to travel long distances to look at them.0:33
One such place is Victoria Falls, which is one of the most impressive of Africa's natural wonders.0:40
Victoria Falls lie on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe in Central Africa on the Zambezi river, where it is more than 1676 meters wide.0:47
The falls African name can be translated into English like the smoke that thunders.1:00
Islands divide the falls into several streams.1:07
The highest of the falls is nearly 110 meters.1:11
Great clouds of water vapor from the falls keep the plants growing around green and fresh.1:16
Victoria Falls national park surrounds the area.1:23
David Livingstone, the famous English traveler, saw the Falls on November 17, 1855 and named them for Queen Victoria.1:26
B. Lake Baikal on the great territory of Russia, there are thousands of natural wonders, but Lake Baikal is rightfully considered to be the gem of Russia.1:40
It is located in southeastern Siberia.1:54
The Baikal is the largest freshwater lake in Eurasia.1:57
It covers an area of 31,494 square kilometers and measures about 636 kilometers long.2:00
Up to 82 kilometers wide, with a maximum depth of 1620 meters, it is the deepest freshwater lake in the world.2:10
The lake is a popular summer resort.2:21
Baikal's waters are exceptionally pure.2:24
Many species of animals living here can be found nowhere else.2:27
The water in the lake remains cold year round.2:32
It is frozen from December to May.2:35
The Baikal is fed by numerous rivers, but has only one outlet, the Angara river at Irkutsk.2:38
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