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Welcome to Group 4 google earth tour. Our first location is Switzerland.
While the country’s most famous physical feature is the Swiss alps, which runs along
the southern border.
The Plateau of Switzerland stretches from Lake Geneva in the south west to Lake Constance
in the north east, with an average altitude of 580 m (1902 ft), covers about 30 percent
of the country's surface area, but is home to two thirds of the total population of 8
million. In this region there are 450 people to every square kilometre (1,166 per square
mile). compared to the european average of just 116.0 people /km, there are few regions
in Europe that are more densely populated. Most of Switzerland's industrial and farmland
are concentrated in the Plateau. If you travel across the Plateau you never pass through
unpopulated territory. Villages often lie within sight of each other.
Switzerland’s architectural influence can be seen in many museums and churches all over
the country. also the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco and main stadium of the 2008
to art and literature but its film industry is very small.
Switzerland has four national languages, but they vary greatly in the number of speakers.
The mostly widely spoken language is German with about 70% of the population is german
speaking Swiss. French is spoken in the western part of the
country, and Italian is spoken in the four southern valleys.
Rumantsch is a language with latin roots that is spoken by just 0.5% of the total Swiss
population.
Japan
Our next location is Japan. Japan is an archipelago of 6,852 islands,
the four largest hold about 97 percent of the country's land area. Japan has the world's
tenth-largest population, with more than 126 million people.
The capital of a japan, Tokyo has population of about 9 million people with an extremely
high density of 6,029 people/ sq km, Tokyo’s district part of the most populated area of
japan with nearly 37 million people. There are two major religions in Japan, Shinto
the native religion and buddhism which was introduced in the 6th century. The majority
of people in japan consider themselves to be Shinto, buddhist or both.
Along with buddhism, there were many temples and shrines across japan, along with castles,
Palaces and Samurai Residences. Japan is a hotbed for contemporary architecture
with lots of eye-catching creations.
Brazil On to our next location, Brazil.
Being the fifth largest country in the world, Brazil borders many other countries and is
Home to many different landscapes and ecosystems, Brazil’s natural environment is one of the
most famous in the world. From the steamy tropical rain forest that surrounds the Amazon
River and the swirling torrents of white water at Iguazu Falls, to the stunning beaches,
reefs and islands of the coast, Brazil is certainly blessed with the very best of Mother
Nature. Brazil is home to 2 of the worlds largest
cities San Paulo( its capital) and Rio De janeiro with populations of 20 and 11.8 million
people respectively. One of Brazil’s biggest cultural event is
the annual Carnival in Rio De janeiro, This is huge street celebration that has drawn
nearly 5 million people in recent years and is the most famous holiday in Brazil.
Brazil’s national Soccer team is always among the best with a record 5 world cup wins.
Brazil is also the host of this year’s 2014 World cup
In contrast to the massive busy cities Brazil is also home to huge section of the Amazon
rain forest which is still home to many indigenous people who live off the land in rural areas.
Australia
Our last stop is Australia, it is both a continent and Country.
We’ll be focusing on the the Australian Country which consists of the mainland and
the island of Tasmania. Australia was settled by the British in the
late 18th century but was already home to many native people who lived there for at
least 40, 000 years prior to this. There were several hundred distinct Aboriginal groups
and languages.
Modern Australia is an English speaking country and is home to about 23 million people.
Traditional food includes everything from nuts, seeds and fruits to wild game and fish
including Emu, Kangaroo
Religion in australia is about 65% Roman Catholic, 22% Protestant and 8% no religion and the
other 5 % a mix of others.
The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system[1][2] composed of over 2,900
individual reefs[3] and 900 islands stretching for over 2,600 kilometres off the coast of
Queensland, Au.