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Ge o Geography Great Britain America Canada Australia New Zealand mountain Ben Nevis(Highest mountain) Scafell(highest peak) The Pennies(mountain chain) Rocky Mountains(‘backbone ‘or ‘continental divide’) The great central plain The Appalachian mountains Mount Logan(highest peak) Mount cook(highest peak) Mount ruapehu(highest hill in north island) river Severn River(longest) Thames River(most important) the Mississippi river(‘father of waters,’ old man river’) Ohio river(‘American Ruhr’) St. Lawrence(most important) the Mackenzie(longest) The Murray river(longest and Biggest) Lake Taupo(largest) lakes Lough Neigh(largest) Loch Lomond(largest in Scot) Windermere(largest in England) Lake Vyrnwy(largest in Wales) The great lakes lake Michigan: entirely in US others: Superior, Huron, Erie, Ontario Great bear lake(largest) Great slave lake(deepest) The great lakes Lake Eyre(largest) The Clutha river(largest in south Waikato river and Wanganui river(largest in north) climate Maritime type Reasons: surrounding waters The prevailing southeast winds The North Atlantic Drift Northeastern: humid continental climate Southeastern: humid subtropical climate The great plains: continental Steppe climate Intermountain: continental Desert climate Pacific northwest: maritime climate Mainly: temperate continental climate The north: polar climate The west: Temperate Maritime Climate Desert or semiarid Plants: Eucalypts, wattles Animals: kangaroos, emus, budgerigars From cool temperate to warm temperate(January—warmest, July —coldest) Christchurch—the driest city Auckland—the wettest city Reasons: its latitude zone Oceanic environment Mountains especially the southern Alps Ethnic groups First settlers: the Iberians The English(mainly) :Anglo-Saxon The Scottish, the welsh, the Irish, the north Irish: Celts Original habitant s：Indian Immigrants from all over the world(mainly from Europe Original habitant s:the Eskimos or Inuit and