Transcript Great Britain

Great Britain
Made by: Lyamkina Yulia
Satellite image of Great
Britain
Some facts
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Great Britain is an island lying
to the northwest of Continental
Europe. It is the ninth largest
island in the world, and the
largest in Europe. With a
population of approximately
58.9 million people, it is the
third most populated island on
Earth
Flag and coat of arms
Geography
The map of Great Britain
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Location: Western Europe
Archipelago: British Isles
Area: 80,823 sq mi
Highest point: Ben Nevis (1344 m)
Largest city London
Ethnic groups: British, Cornish, English,
Scots, Welsh
Country
United Kingdom
England
Scotland
Wales
Geographical definition
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Great Britain lies to the northwest
of Continental Europe, with Ireland
to the west, and makes up the
larger part of the territory of the
United Kingdom. It is surrounded
by 1000 smaller islands and islets.
It occupies an area of 209,331 km²
(80,823 square miles
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It is the third most populous island after
Java and Honshū.
Great Britain stretches over about ten
degrees of latitude on its longer, north –
south axis. Geographically, the island is
marked by low, rolling countryside in the
east and south, while hills and mountains
predominate in the western and northern
regions.
Different views of Great
Britain
History
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Traces of early humans have been found
in Great Britain from some 700,000
years ago and modern humans from
about 30,000 years ago. Up until about
9,000 years ago, Great Britain was
joined to Ireland. As recently as 8,000
years ago Great Britain was joined to the
continent. The southeastern part of Great
Britain was still connected by a strip of
low marsh to the European mainland in
what is now northeastern France
The sights of Great
Britain
Etymology
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The oldest mentions of terms related to
the formal name of Britain was made by
Aristotle (c. 384–322 BC), in his text [On
The Universe], Vol. III. To quote his
works, “...in the ocean however, are two
islands, and those very large, called
Bretannic, Albion and Ierna....” The
archipelago has been referred to by a
single name for over two thousand
years, the term British Isles derives from
terms used by classical geographers to
describe the island group.
Great Britain
Capital cities
- United Kingdom: London
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England: London
Scotland: Edinburgh
Wales: Cardiff
Other major settlements
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England: Birmingham, Blackpool, Bradford, Brighton,
Bristol, Cambridge, Colchester, Coventry, Derby,
Doncaster, Exeter, Gloucester, Huddersfield, Hull,
Ipswich, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, Manchester,
Middlesbrough, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northampton,
Norwich, Nottingham, Oxford, Plymouth, Preston,
Reading, Sheffield, Southampton, Stoke-on-Trent,
Sunderland, Swindon, Wolverhampton, York.
Scotland: Aberdeen, Dundee, East Kilbride, Glasgow,
Livingston, Paisley, Ayr, Kilmarnock, Stirling, Irvine,
Inverness, Kirkcaldy
Wales: Newport, Swansea, Wrexham
United Kingdom
England
Scotland
Wales