текст про Київ на англійській мові

Kiev is located on the picturesque banks of the Dnieper river, in its middle reaches. The city is located in the Central part of Ukraine, on the hilly steep slopes, and is surrounded by a ring of dense vegetation: in the warm season of the streets of the capital and its surroundings are literally surrounded by greenery. It is noteworthy that Kiev is located on the border of different physiographic zones - forest and forest-steppe. Most of the area of the city occupies the right Bank, which is quite high and crossed by deep ravines, forming a separate height. They are called hills of Kiev. The highest point of the area is located in the Eastern part of the city. To the West of the city becomes more flat (here are the broad valley of the Lybid river, Khreschatyk and the Buffoon), and towards batyyevoyu mountain terrain rises again.Among urban green space is dominated by chestnut trees, in parks, streets and squares grow as maple, walnut, Linden, willow, pine, spruce, birch and other Relatively mild climate in this natural area promotes good development of various ornamental crops intended for the decoration of gardens and parks. Today there are 67 parks and 200 squares. In General, green spaces in the capital of Ukraine occupy an area of more than 49 thousand hectares, and the area of bodies of water located within the city limits is about 5.5 thousand hectaresThe climate is moderately continental; in the winter in the city are marked freezing, sometimes snow, but, as a rule, small. The average temperature in January is -5° C. during the summer months the number of clear, Sunny days often exceeds the number of days with high cloud cover and precipitation in the form of rain or hail. Sredneuralskaya temperature in the capital is equal to +19,5° C. Strong, exhausting heat is unusual for Kiev; cases of prolonged summer heat was observed in the city rarely, the last time in late July - early August 2002, when the temperature was maintained at elevation +39° C. Average annual rainfall is typically less than 300 mm.