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Holiday In Austria[1]

May 10, 2015

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My holiday

AUSTRIA

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AUSTRIA• AustriaAustria is a is a landlocked

country of roughly 8.3 country of roughly 8.3 million people. It borders million people. It borders Germany and the and the Czech Republic to the north, to the north, Slovakia and and Hungary to the to the east, east, Slovenia and and Italy to to the south, and the south, and Switzerland and and Liechtenstein to the to the west. The territory of Austria west. The territory of Austria covers 83,872 square covers 83,872 square kilometres and is influenced kilometres and is influenced by a by a temperate and and alpine climate. . Forests and Forests and woodlands cover about woodlands cover about 40% of the land.40% of the land.

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• ALPS• Austria's terrain is highly mountainous due to the

presence of the Alps.its highest point is 3,797 metres• Austrian Alps is area 62895km² .

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Austrian glaciers

Dachstein Gletscher • Mölltaler Gletscher• Hintertuxer Gletscher• Pitztaler Gletscher – Rifflsee• Kaunertaler Gletscher• Sölden• Kitzsteinhorn – Kaprun• Stubaier Gletscher

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• DACHSTEIN Glacier have mean thickness ice 30m

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DACHSTEIN

• 3004m.n.m

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Clima

• The greater part of Austria clima in the cold/temperate climate zone in which humid westerly winds predominate. With over half of the country dominated by the Alps, the alpine climate is the predominant one. In the east—in the Pannonian Plain and along the Danube valley—the climate shows continental features with less rain than the alpine areas. Although Austria is cold in the winter, summer temperatures can be relatively warm—reaching temperatures of around 20 – 30 °C.

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CULTURE

• Austria's past as a European power and its Austria's past as a European power and its cultural environment have generated a broad cultural environment have generated a broad contribution to various forms of art, most contribution to various forms of art, most notably among them music. Austria has been notably among them music. Austria has been the birthplace of many the birthplace of many famous composers such as such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, , Joseph Haydn, , Franz Schubert, , Anton Bruckner, , Johann Strauss, Sr., , Johann Strauss, Jr. and and Gustav Mahler as well as members of the as well as members of the Second Viennese School such as Arnold such as Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern and Alban Berg. Schoenberg, Anton Webern and Alban Berg.

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WIEN-Austria

• Vienna is the capital of the Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million which means more than 25% of Austria's population

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Done by Blažej Chmeliar

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