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ChapterOneGeography,PeopleandLanguage

ContentsGeography

IPeopleIITheEnglishLanguageIII

GeographicalFeature01Climate02MajorCities03IGeography

MapoftheUK”AtlanticOceanNorthSeaIrishSeaTheEnglishChannel(TheReadthemaptofind:01TheRepublicofIrelandChannelTunnel)02

GeographyTitleandMakeupoftheUKtheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandTheofficialtitleoftheUK01GreatBritain(theformerlyseparateEnglandandScotland,andWales.)NorthernIrelandNumeroussmallerislandsTheUKismadeupof:02

Locationandterritory

LocationoftheUK:Themainlandareasliebetweenlatitudes49°Nand61°Nandlongitudes8°Wto2°ETotalterritory:242,910squarekilometersInterestingFact:NooneintheUKlivesmorethan120km(75miles)fromthesea.

TopographyNorthernIreland:It’smostlyhilly.Wales:It’smostlymountainous.SouthWalesislessmountainousthanNorthandMidWales.Scotland:Itsgeographyisvaried,withlowlandsinthesouthandeastandhighlandsinthenorthandwest.England:itconsistsoflowlandterrain,withsomemountainousterraininthenorth-west,northandsouth-west.BenNevisinScotland—thehighestpointinUK

RiversandLakesThelongestriver:SevernRiver(354kilometerslong)Thesecondlongestriver:Thames(332kilometerslong)ThelargestLake:LoughNeaghThames0102

LakeDistrict

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---WilliamWordsworth

?Iwanderedlonelyasacloud

Thatfloatsonhighoervalesandhills,

WhenallatonceIsawacrowd,

Ahost,ofgoldendaffodils;

Besidethelake,beneaththetrees,

Flutteringanddancinginthebreeze.

Continuousasthestarsthatshine

Andtwinkleonthemilkyway,

Theystretchedinnever-endingline

Alongthemarginofabay:

TenthousandsawIataglance,

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