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WE LIVE IN UKRAINE

(1) Ukraine is the largest country in (2) Europe. Its territory is 603.7
thousand km 2. It stretches from the west to the east for 1, 316 km and from the north to the
south for 893 km.
The geographical centre of (3) Europe is located near the small Ukrainian town
(4) Rakhiv.
Neighbouring (5) Ukraine are the countries of (6) Bilorus, (7)
Russia, (8) Moldova, (9) Poland, (10) Hungary, (11)
Slovakia and (12) Romania.
There are 71 thousand rivers and streams in (13) Ukraine. Their total length is
248 thousand km. The most important of them are (14) Dnipro, (15)
Dniester, (16) Southern Bug, (17) Prypyat, (18) Desna. (19)
Dnipro river is the major river in the country and the third longest one in (20)
Europe. Its total length is 2, 285 km and 1, 205 km over the territory of (21)
Ukraine. (22) Danube river connects (23) Ukraine with seven (24)
European countries.
(25) Kyiv, (26) Cherkasy, (27) Dnipropetrovsk,
(28) Zaporizhzhya and (29) Kherson are situated on the banks of this
river. The waters of (30) Black and (31) Azov Sea wash (32)
Ukraine. Our country is not mountainous, though there are (33) Crimean
Mountains in (34) Crimean Peninsula and (35) Carpathian Mountains
in the west of the country.