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is the official name of the state that is

geographically situated on the British Isles.

an archipelago , which is situated to the northwest

of continental Europe and is separated from France by only 34 kilometers of water and is made up of two large islands – Great Britain and Ireland and a number of smaller islands.

The UK is one of the smallest countries in the world. In size it is twice smaller than Spain or France. It is total area is about 245, 000 square kilometers, but the population of the UK is over 60 million people.

within the British Isles and it is the ninth

largest island in the world and the largest in Europe. The British Isles are separated from the European continent by the North Sea and the English Channel. The western coast of Great Britain is washed by the Atlantic Ocean and the Irish Sea. Northern Ireland occupies one third of the island, of Ireland. It borders on the Irish Republic in the south.

estimated that the 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.

In the north the Cheviots separate England from Scotland,

the Pennines stretch down North England almost along its middle, the Cambrian mountains occupy the greater part of Wales and the Highlands of Scotland, are the tallest of the British mountains. There is very little flat country except in the region known as East Anglia.

are not very long. The longest of the English

rivers is the Severn. It flows into the Irish Sea. The most important river of Scotland is the Clyde. Glasgow stands on it. Many of the English and Scottish rivers are joined by canals, so that it is possible to travel by water from one end of Great Britain to the other.

flows through the rich agricultural and industrial districts of

the country. London, the capital of Great Britain, stands on it. The Thames has a wide mouth, that's why the big ocean liners can go up to the London port.

Most of them are in Scotland and north-west of

England. Scottish valleys are filled with lakes. These lakes are called "lochs". There are two kinds of lakes — lakes with fresh water like Loch Ness and lakes like Norwegian fjords

and it is moderated by the Gulf Stream. The

region is known for being cool and cloudy during the winter and the western parts of the island are windy and rainy because they are more influenced by the ocean. The eastern parts are drier and less windy.

Ireland.

parts of Great Britain. London is Britain’s and England’s capital

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north and west by the Irish Sea, and on

the south by the Bristol Channel.

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British Islands lying in the Atlantic of the west

coast of Great Britain.

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