The British Isles are situated in the north-west of
Europe. They consist of two large islands, Great Britain and Ireland, and over five hundred of small islands . Great Britain consists of three countries: England , Wales and Scotland . England Lies in the south of the British Isles, Wales is to the west of England and Scotland is in the north of Great Britain .
Northern Ireland lies in the north - east of Ireland
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The official name of the country
The official name
of the country is the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland.
It includes four countries: England , Wales , Scotland and Northern Ireland .
The short names of the country are the United Kingdom, the UK or simply Britain
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Capital cities of the UK
London is the
capital of England and the United Kingdom
Edinburgh is
the capital city of Scotland
Cardiff – the capital of Wales
Belfast – the capital of the Northern Ireland
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Britain is washed by:
the Atlantic Ocean washes in
the west.
in the east you can see the
North Sea
the southern coast is washed by the English Channel .
the Irish Sea lies between England and Ireland .
The North Sea and the English Channel, the narrowest part of which is called the Strait of Dover, separate Great Britain from the European continent.
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Surface of Britain
Some parts of Great Britain are
flat and others are mountainous. The surface of England
and Northern Ireland is flat, but the surface of Wales and Scotland is hilly and mountainous.
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Mountains in Britain
In the west of Wales we
can see the Cambrian mountains .
The Cheviot Hills separate
England from Scotland . To the south of Cheviot Hills you can see the Pennines and Cumbrian mountains . There are a lot of beautiful lakes in Cumbrian mountains .
In Scotland there are the Highlands and Lowlands.
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Rivers of Britain
There are many rivers in
Britain but they are not very long. The principal
rivers are the Severn, the Trent and the Thames . The Severn is the longest river but the most important river is the Thames . It is navigable all the year round
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Lake District
The Lake District, also commonly known as The
Lakes or Lakeland, is a mountainous region in North West England.
The
majority of the area was designated as the Lake District National Park in 1951. It is the largest of the thirteen National Parks inEngland and Wales inEngland and Wales, and the second largest in the UK
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The Scottish lakes
In Scotland Highlands
there are many beautiful lakes (called lochs)
Loch Ness is
the most famous.
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Britain's the largest freshwater lake
Lough Neagh, sometimes Loch Neagh,
is a large freshwater, is a large freshwater lake, is a large freshwater lake in Northern
Ireland. It is the largest lake in Britain
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The area of Great Britain is 211000
square km. and population is more than 55 mln.
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Great Britain is a highly developed capitalist country.
There are many industrial cities and towns such as
Manchester , Birmingham , Glasgow, Sheffield and many others. Oxford , Cambridge , Edinburgh and London itself are university cities. There are numerous harbours which serve as ports among which are London , Liverpool, Glasgow , Portsmouth and others.
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Check yourself
DO YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE AMONG
BRITISH ISLES
GREAT BRITAIN
THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NOTHERN IRELAND?
