Презентация по английскому языку на тему "Wonders of Russia"

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  Wonders of Russia
  

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  Tunguska event – Unopened mystery
  Occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in present Krasnoyarsk Krai of Russia, at around 7:14 a.m. on June 30, 1908
  

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  S. Semenov, local resident
  “I suddenly saw that directly to the North, over Onkoul's Tunguska road, the sky split in two and fire appeared high and wide over the forest. The split in the sky grew larger, and the entire Northern side was covered with fire. At that moment it became so hot that I couldn't bear it, as if my shirt was on fire”
  Eyewitness’s report
  

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  Facts
  The first scientific
  expedition went to the
  region two decades later
  Damaged more than 200 hectares
  of pine forest and killed thousands
  of reindeer
  Human casualties is unknown
  TNT equivalent – 10 billions tones
  Energy of explosion – 10-40 megatons = 1-2 thousand bombs exploded near Hiroshima at the same time
  

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  Versions
  Asteroid or comet impact
  
  Result of Nikola Tesla’s experiments
  Explosion of alien’s spaceship
  
  Earth’s collision with cloud of cosmic dust
  
  

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  Year 2008 - Tunguska event 100 anniversary.
  Lots of tourist went to Tunguska region’s forests to find something mysterious…
  

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  Vasyugan swamp – Our proud
  The largest swamp in the world
  Occupation - 53,000 km²
  Location: Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tomsk regions of Russia along the left bank of the Ob River.
  Consists from 19 connected swamps
  

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  Vasyugan swamp appeared 10 thousand years and it’s still growing - 75 per cent of today’s swamp used to be solid only 500 years ago!
  
  
  Tremendous reserves of peat and fresh water
  Rich natural resources.
  The process of oil,
  peat and iron mining
  started in Tomsk region
  

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  Home for local fauna
  Rare species: reindeer, golden eagle, white-tailed eagle, peregrin
  Lots of squirrels, elk, wood grouse, mink, etc.
  Rare spices of plants like cloudberries, cranberries, whortleberry
  
  
  
  

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  The main functions – cleaning of atmosphere, filling the air by oxygen, prevention the greenhouse effect
  BUT!
  Pollution because of
  Oil mining
  Falling carrier-rockets
  
  
  SUGGESTIONS OF MAKING VASUGAN NATURE RESERVE - DECLINED!