1. Articles with geographical names Author: Chernyshov Sergey englishvideoles.ru

2. Articles with geographical names Артикли с географическими названиями the or На картах названия пишутся без артикля

3. Continents and geographical areas the Poles: the North Pole, the South Pole Hemispheres : the Western Hemisphere Regions : the Far East, the north of Canada, the Crimea, the Caucasus the Continents: Europe, Africa, North America, South America, Australia, Asia, Antarctica

4. Water the Oceans: the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean Seas: the Black Sea, the Red Sea Rivers: the Thames, the Volga, the Don Straits: the Bering Strait, the Strait of Magellan Falls: the Victoria Fall, the Niagara Fall Canals / Channels: the Panama Canal, the English Channel Bays / Gulfs: the Persian Gulf, the Bay of Bengal Groups of lakes: the Great Lakes, the Seliger

5. Water the Lakes: Lake Ontario, Lake Baikal, Lake Michigan Bays: Hudson Bay, San Francisco Bay

6. Groups of islands the The British Isles, the Bahamas, the Canaries Islands Greenland, Cyprus, Madagascar the

7. Chains of mountains the The Urals, the Alps, the Andes Mountains Elbrus, Kilimanjaro, Vesuvius the

8. Plains, valleys, deserts Plains: the Great Plains, the Russian Plain, the West Siberian Plain Valleys: the Mississippi Valley Deserts: the Sahara Desert, the Kara - Kum, the Kalahari Desert, the Arabian Desert Death Valley, Silicon Valley the

9. Countries In plural: the Philippines, the Netherlands, the United States of America with kingdom, republic, union, federation: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Republic of Cuba, the Russian Federation Ukraine, France, Spain the

10. Cities, villages, states, provinces Cities: Kiev, London States: California, Florida Villages: Prostokvashino the

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