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Geographical Position of Ukraine

Today Ukraine is included in all the world atlases. The term Ukraine was first mentioned in the chronicles in the 12th century as the geographical name for the southern lands of the ancient Rus State.

Ukraine is situated in the eastern part of Europe. Ukraine borders with 7 countries. Our neighbors are: Russia – in the East, Belarus – in the North, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Rumania, Moldova – in the West. Ukraine is washed by the Black Sea, and the Sea of Azov. Ukraine is the country of many rivers. The longest rivers are: the Dnister, the Danube, the Bug and the Dniper. The Dniper River divides Ukraine into two parts: Right Bank and Left Bank Ukraine. The Dniper River flows through the heart of the country and empties into the Black Sea. The Danube gives Ukraine access to European countries and the Siverskyi Donets – to the Don.

The territory of Ukraine is about 604 thousand square kilometers. Two such countries as Italy can be placed on its territory. Ukraine occupies the 42nd place in the world as to its territory being larger than any country in Western Europe. Ukraine stretches for 1300 km from East to West and 900 km from North to South.

Ukraine consists of flat, fertile plain occupied by steppes and forest-steppes. Lowlands occupy a considerable part of the country. The Polissya Lowland lies in the North. The Dnieper Lowland runs along the left bank of the Dnieper River. The Black Sea Lowland skirts the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. The Dnieper Plateau lies between the Southern Buh and the Dnieper. It is 321 m high. The Azov Plateau and the Donets Ridge lie in the southeast of Ukraine.

Within the borders of Ukraine there are the Carpathian Mountains with the highest peak Hoverla 2061 m high. The Crimean Mountains stretch in three parallel ranges. The highest peak of the Main Range Roman Kosh is 1545 m high.

There are more than 3000 cities and towns in Ukraine. The biggest of them are: Kharkiv, Kyiv, Donetsk, Lviv, Dnipropetrovsk. Kyiv is the capital of Ukraine.

The economic potential of Ukraine is great. Coal is Ukraine’s most abundant and heavily exploited mineral resource. There are also significant reserves of natural gas, uranium, and oil, though the latter remains largely unexploited. Steel production, machine building, engineering, and chemical processing are the main industries. Ukraine is crossed by railroads and highways oil and gas pipelines. The geographical position of Ukraine is favorable for maintaining close economic relations with many European countries.

 

Climate of Ukraine

The climate of Ukraine is determined by its geographical location. Ukraine’s territory lies in the temperate belt. In general, the country’s climate is temperately continental, being subtropical only on the southern coast of the Crimea. The differences in climate are caused by many factors: the latitude, relief, altitude and proximity to seas and oceans. A characteristic feature of the climate is an increase in its continental nature from west to east.



A feature of Ukraine’s climate is the considerable fluctuation in weather conditions from year to year. Alongside very wet years there can be droughts, the effect of which increases to the south and east. There are frequent oscillations in weather in the regions of the Crimean and the Carpathian Mountains.

On the southern coast of the Crimea the climate is subtropical Mediterranean, in as much as the Crimean Mountains obstruct the movement of cold Arctic air to the coast. These climatic features have contributed to the creation of one of the best resort areas in Ukraine.

Winter is rather cold in Ukraine. There is much snow in the northern and western parts of the country. Average temperature in January is 7-8 degrees below zero.

It often rains in the Carpathian Mountains. In the south and east the weather is dry especially in summer.

The average temperature in Ukraine varies between + 5.5...+ 7 C in the north and + 11...+ 13 C in the south.

We have hot summers and cool winters without heavy snowfalls and frosts. In spring and autumn the climate is moderate.

They say the climate in Ukraine like anywere else is getting milder with every coming year. It depends on many reasons.

 

 


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