1. The Czech Republic – basic
facts
(Česká republika – základní údaje)

2. The Czech Republic – basic facts
 Location and neighbouring countries
 The area and population
 Three parts of our country
 Landscape (mountain ranges, rivers, lakes,
ponds)

3. 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.

4. 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?“

5. The Czech Republic – division
 Our country consists of three parts:
• Bohemia
• Moravia
• Silesia

6. 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

8. 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

9. 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.

10. Snowdown
Šumava

11. 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.

12. Vltava
Labe

13. 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.

14. Mácha's pond
Rožmberk lake

15. 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).