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which lie off the north-west coast of mainland Europe. Great Britain is separated from the Continent by the English Channel.

group of islands which lies between the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The total area is 242,534 sq.km.

Britain is just under 1,000 km long from the south coast of England to the extreme north of Scotland, and just under 500 km across in the widest part.

United Kingdom”
is a political expression.
The full name is the United
Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland.
Great Britain comprises
England, Wales and
Scotland.

the chalk cliffs of Kent and Dorset, the rolling hills and fields of southeast England, the granite cliffs of Cornwall, the mountains of Wales, the uplands of the Peak District and the Pennines, the lakes and mountains of Cumbria, the
Scottish lowlands,
highlands and islands,
and the fields, lakes and
mountains of Northern
Ireland.

River Severn (220 miles, 354 km) which flows through both Wales and England.The longest rivers in the UK are:

England: River Thames (215 miles, 346 km)
Scotland: River Tay (117 miles, 188 km)
N. Ireland: River Bann (76 miles, 122 km)
Wales: River Tywi (64 miles, 103 km)

highest peak in the UK.
The ten tallest mountains in the UK are all found in Scotland.

UK are:
Scotland: Ben Nevis (Nevis Range, 1,344 metres)
Wales: Snowdon (Cambrian Mountains, 1,085 metres)
England: Scafell Pike (Cumbrian Mountains, 977 metres)
Northern Ireland: Slieve Donard (Mourne Mountains, 852 metres)

Cheviot Hills, Scottish Highlands, Southern Uplands,
Wales: Brecon Beacons, Cambrian Mountains, Snowdonia, Black Mountains,
England: Chilterns, Cotswolds, Dartmoor, Lincolnshire Wolds, Exmoor, Lake District,
Northern Ireland: Mountains of Mourne, Antrim Plateau, Sperrin Mountains

The lowest point of the UK is in the Fens of East Anglia, in England, parts of which lie up to 4 m below sea level.

UK is made up of over 1000 small islands, some being natural and some being man-made crannogs, which were built in past times using stone and wood and which were enlarged by natural waste building up over time.

Isle of Portland
Walney Island

Islands (Острова)

Islands of Scotland
Orkney Islands
Shetland Islands
Inner Hebrides
Outer Hebrides
Rockall
Bass Rock

Islands of Wales
Anglesey
Skomer Island
Skokholm Island
Ramsey Island
Bardsey Island
Holy Island

reflects not only its current position in the global economy, but its long history both as a trading nation and an imperial power.

of natural resources including:
Geological: coal, petroleum, natural gas, limestone, chalk, gypsum,silica, rock salt, china clay, iron ore, tin, silver, gold, lead.
Agricultural: arable land, wheat, barley, hill farms, sheep.

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