Poland

By: Dylan Rychcik

Take a Tour of Poland

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Geography

People

Religion

Economy

Geography 2 Geography 3

Geography 4 Geography 5

Bibliography

Government

Geography 6

Geography 7 Geography 8 Major sports

Major sports 2 Major sports 3 Major sports 4

Bibliography

• http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jbourj/photogallery/photo00000041/chopin1.jpg .

• www.wikipedia.com • www.flikr.com

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Geography

• In Poland their neighboring country is Germany.

• Also they have the Carpathian mountain range on the Southern border.

• The country is in central Europe.

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Geography 2

• It is the 69th largest country in the world.• The total land is 312,679 square

kilometers.• Sometimes Arctic air blows down from the

North Atlantic Ocean.

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Geography 3

• Subtropical winds come from the South Atlantic.

• The hottest cities in Poland are: Tarnow, Wroclaw, and Slubice.

• Poland is a little smaller than New Mexico.

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Geography 4

• Winter Temperatures in mountain valleys can go to 4 degrees F below.

• When they start autumn it is generally warm and sunny until the rain starts.

• The average rain Poland gets a year is 23.6 in.

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Geography 5

• Poland has 9,300 lakes• That’s almost 10% (10,000 square meters)

of the land.• The lowest point of Poland is Raczki

Elblaskie at -1,8 M

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Geography 6

• The highest point of Poland is Rysy at 2,499 M.

• The capital of Poland is Warsaw.• 29% of land is forest or woodland

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Geography 7

• There are 23 national parks in Poland.• Biebrza is one of the larger ones.• It is 592.23  km squared

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Geography 8

• The Coastline of Poland is 491 km.• 15% of crops in Poland are permanent.• Some of their resources are: coal, sulfur,

copper, natural gas, iron, zinc, lead, and salt.

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People

• The people in Poland speak Polish.• The population is about 38,482,919.• 97% of the people there are Polish.

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Religion

• 90% of people are Roman Catholic.• They celebrate Christmas and Easter like

us.• The Roman Catholic Church in Poland

enjoys big social events.

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Economy

• Poland’s budget is 91.4 billion Zloty• $1 in U.S. = 2.83 Zloty• 6th largest economy in the EU

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Government

• Republic.• President election happen every 5 years.• Prime minister is the head of government.

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Poland’s Major disaster

• In 1934, in Poland, there was a major flood.

• The total destruction is that 1,260 KM of Poland’s land.

• 55 people were killed.

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Poland’s major disaster 2

• 22,059 building were either damaged or destroyed.

• 167 KM of roads were destroyed.• Also 78 bridges were destroyed.

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Poland’s Major disaster 3

• 12 million U.S. dollars (60 million Polish zlotys) is what it would take to fix the damages.

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Major sports

• In Poland there are many sports one is soccer.

• Others include hockey, handball, Track and field, and boxing.

• Soccer is Poland’s most popular sport.

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Major sports 2

• Hockey is another sport in Poland.• Mariusz Czerkawski was a Polish hockey

player, born in Radomsko, Poland.• He played in the NHL for four years

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Major sports 3

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• Baltic beaches were where Polish people fish, canoe, and kayak.

• They also have other water sports they like to do.

• Even though the beaches do not have many competitions it is a past-time that they enjoy.

Major sports 4

• In Poland mountains were the spots for winter and summer fun.

• The Polish enjoy hiking, mountain biking, skiing, and, because of the resorts, get millions of tourists each year.

• As you can see the mountains in Poland were very good spots for vacationers.

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