Geography

 

Poland is a middle-sized country with a 38,000,000 population and a total area of 312,683 square kilometers, ranking the 9th in Europe and the 66th on the world. It's a little larger than Britain and Italy, occupying 3% of European area. Poland is on the ancient trade passage which is the confluence of nowadays European north-south and west-east main traffic lines, the midpoint of the European Continent. The Baltic Sea is her north border. There are 3 big ports which load Poland to the world: Gdynia, Gdansk and Szczecin. Carpathian mountains and the Tatra Mountains is the south border of the country. The low lying river "Bug" winds as her east border, which the busy freighted "Odder" river is her west border. The longest river of Poland "Vistula" with a length of 1,047 kilometers, crossing the center of the country from the north to the south. Capital of the Nation Warsaw lies right by the River. Poland is basically a country with low-lying plains. The average height of the country is 170 meters above the sea level. But her natural scenery is not monotonous. Cookie layers can be found in lots of places- there're usually beautiful down and highlands. The highest place of Poland is the peak "Rsai" with a height of 2,499 meters above the sea level. Average temperature of Poland raises -1~5℃ (approx. 34~41*F) in January while 17~19℃(approx. 63~66*F) in July. The annual rainfall in Poland raises from around 500~1,200mm (approx. 20~47 in.). 

Baltic Sea as the sun is setting

Carpathian Mountains. Stretching from 1,500 kilometers across central and eastern Europe, it is one of the second-largest mountains in the European range.

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Reference:
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