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THE CZECH REPUBLIC – ECONOMY

THE CZECH REPUBLIC – ECONOMY. Industries Raw materials Products Areas Agriculture / farming Crops Areas Transport. INDUSTRIES. Since the 19th century the Czech Republic has been an industrial country. The main industries are: Engineering Steel industry Mining

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THE CZECH REPUBLIC – ECONOMY

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  1. THE CZECH REPUBLIC – ECONOMY • Industries • Rawmaterials • Products • Areas • Agriculture/farming • Crops • Areas • Transport

  2. INDUSTRIES Sincethe 19th centurythe Czech Republic has beenanindustrial country. Themainindustries are: • Engineering • Steel industry • Mining • Chemicalindustry • Woodprocessing • Textile industry • Foodstuffindustry • Traditionalproducts

  3. Engineering – belongs to the most traditional industrial branches. • Vehicles – Škoda Auto in MladáBoleslav (cars), TatraKopřivnice (trucks and lorries), Hyundai Nošovice (cars) • Heavy machinery – Škoda holding in Plzeň, ČKD Blansko • Iron and steelindustry – isconcentratednearorwithintheminingareas as itiscloselyconectedwithdepositsof iron oreorcoal . • Steel - Arcelor Mittal Ostrava, Evraz Vítkovice Steel in Ostrava • Metallurgy – Třinecké železárny, ŽDB Bohumín

  4. THE CITY OF OSTRAVA Zdroj: [cit2014-04-15]. Dostupný pod licencí  CreativeCommons http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Nova_Karolina_Ostrava_Czech_republic_15.jpg/800px-Nova_Karolina_Ostrava_Czech_republic_15.jpg

  5. Mining – mines and pits are located in areaswith metal and non-metal depositsin thenorthof Moravia and in thenorthof Bohemia • Black and browncoal – OKD mines, Severočeské doly mines, Mostecká uhelná mines • Silver – Kutná Hora • Uranium – Stráž pod Ralskem in Northern Bohemia • Oil - thesouthof Moravia • Clay – Western Bohemia • Chemicalindustry – thethirdbiggestindustry in the CR, requireshighlyqualifiedlabour and sufficientrawmaterials + electricity + watersources. Most chemicalfactories are locatednearrivers– the Elbe river (thenorthof Bohemia). • Synthesia Pardubice • Explosia Semtín (Semtex) • Spolana Neratovice • Synthos /Kaučuk Kralupy nad Vltavou - rubber • Zentiva Praha – pharmaceutics • Unipetrol - petrochemistry

  6. JEZEŘÍ, COAL MINING IN NOTHERN BOHEMIA Zdroj: [cit2014-04-15]. Dostupný pod licencí  CreativeCommons http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Jezeri_Chateau.jpg/533px-Jezeri_Chateau.jpg

  7. Textile and clothingindustry – traditionalindustryprocessing and weavingcotton and wool and other natural or man-made fibres • Prostějov –OP • Jitex Písek • VelvetaVansdorf • Veba Broumov (bedlinen, table linen)

  8. Foodstuffindustry – suppliestheinhabitantswith food and beverages, the basic resources are domesticagricultureproducts. Thefactories are locatedwithinthefarmingareas. • Dairyproducts –Olma (Olomouc), Madeta (České Budějovice), Pragolaktos • Meatprocessing and slaughterhouses- Masokombinát Olomouc, Krahulík – Masozávod Krahulčí, Váhala • Fruit and vegetablesprocessing – Alibona (Litovel), Hamé (Babice), Seliko (Opava) • Breweries – beerisbrewedtraditionaly in Plzeň – Pilsner, České Budějovice – Budvar, Litovel brewery, Hanušovice brewery • Spirits and liqueur – Stock (Plzeń-Božkov), Jan Becher (Karlovy Vary), Rudolf Jelínek (Vizovice)

  9. Traditionalproducts: • Glass and cutglass – in thenorth and thenort-westof Bohemia : Dubí, Nová Role, Nový Bor • Jewellery – Jablonec nad Nisou • China and Pottery – Thun (Karlovy Vary) • Musical instruments – Petrofpianos (Hradec Králové) • Shoes – Baťa (Zlín) • Cars (seepg 3)

  10. GLASS WORKER, HARRACHOV Zdroj: [cit2014-04-15]. Dostupný pod licencíFree Art License http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Skl%C3%A1rna_Harrachov.JPG/361px-Skl%C3%A1rna_Harrachov.JPG

  11. AGRICULTURE Farming and agricultureislocated in suitableareasoflowlands and basins, usuallyalongrivers. • Bohemia – the Elbe basin, the Vysočina highlands, theCentral and Western Bohemia • Crops are grown: wheat, corn, barley, sugarbeet, hops (Žatec , Louny), grapes, fruit, vegetables,potatoes (the Vysočina hghl.) • Livestockisraised: beefcattle, pigs, poultry, fishfarming (Southern Bohemia)

  12. Moravia – lowlandsalongthe Morava river, the Dyje basin • Crops: vegetables, fruit, wheat, oat, barley, hops (Olomouc region), sugarbeet, corn, grapes (Southern Moravia) • Livestock : poultry, pigs, dairycattle, sheep (hillsidesofthe Jeseníky mts. And the Beskydy mts.)

  13. VINEYARDS, PÁLAVA HILLS Zdroj: [cit2014-04-15]. Dostupný pod licencí  CreativeCommons http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Vineyeards_under_P%C3%A1lava_hills%2C_Moravia.JPG/800px-Vineyeards_under_P%C3%A1lava_hills%2C_Moravia.JPG

  14. TRANSPORT • Railway - total network lengthis 9, 470 km • Mainrailwayruns in thenorth-eastdirectionconnecting Prague and Ostrava • Trains and carriageshavebeenmodernized • Pendolino, recentlyintroduced, isthefastest and the most comfortabletrain • Privat companies: RegioJet, Leo • Road network – isbeingenlarged • D 1 - theoldestmotorway D1, connects Prague with Brno and Bratislava (in Slovakia) • Many othemotorways

  15. SOURCES • EL-HMOUDOVÁ, Dagmar. Angličtina - Maturitní témata. Český Těšín: Petra Velanová, Třebíč, 2006, ISBN 9788086873046. • Wikipedie [online]. 2010, [cit. 2014-04-15]. Dostupnéz: http://www.czech.cz/en/Discover-CZ/Facts-about-the-Czech-Republic/Economic-facts/Traditional-Czech-products

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