Articles with geographical names

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Oceans (the Pacific ocean)

Seas (the Baltic sea) ˈbɔːltɪk siː

Rivers (the Volga)

Lakes ( the Baikal)….но Lake Baikal

Straits (проливы) the Bering Strait

Falls (водопады) the Niagara Fall

Channels (Canals) the Panama….

Bays/ Gulfs (бухты/ заливы) the Bay of Bengal

Group of lakes – the Great Lakes

Continents (Australia, Africa, North America, Europe, Antarctica (Антарктида)

Cities- Kaliningrad, Moscow, London

(искл, the Hague [heɪg] –Гаага (Ван Гог)

States - Florida

Villages –Prostokvashino

Streets – Lenin Street, Bath Road трасса (но the Highway, the M5)

Squares- Red Square

Poles (the North Pole)

Hemispheres (полушария)

Regions (the Far East, the Crimea (Крым), the Caucasus (Кавказ), the North of Canada

Group of islands (the British Isles, the Canaries)

exceptions to the rules:

!!! Islands (Cyprus) [ˈsaɪprəs)] Кипр, Madagascar

Chain of Mountains (цепи) the Urals, the Alps

!!! Mountains (Elbrus, Vesuvius [vɪˈsuːvɪəs , Kilimanjaro kɪlɪmənˈʤɑːrəʊ

Plains (равнины)

Valleys (долины) the Mississippi Valley

Deserts [ˈdezət] (пустыни) the Kara-Kum

!!! Death Valley, Silicon Valley

!!! the Philippines

Countries (Canada, Great Britain, Ukraine, France, …………….)

States(штаты), Republic, Unity, kingdom, Federation

The Russian Federation