Transcript Great Britain

Great Britain
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Basic Facts about GB
Great Britain is an island situated to the northwest of the European continent. It is the largest island in Europe. Most
of England, Scotland and Wales lie on the island of Great Britain, as are their respective capitals : London,
Edinburgh and Cardiff. Great Britain is the largest island of the British Isles. British Isles is a geographical term for
all the islands belonging to the UK of which the most famous ones are the Isle of Man, the Orkneys and the
Shetlands.
The population of Great Britain is around 60 million people.
Economy: pharmaceutical industry, aerospace industry, North sea oil and gas reserves, finance and business
exports of financial and business services, nuclear reactors, cars, pharmaceutical products, mineral fuels, gemstones,
electrical machinery, chemicals
Imports of computer parts, aircraft engines,
cars, wheat, furniture, toys, cocoa.....
Scotland Scotland (78,790 sq km), is
bounded by England to the south
(separated from England by the
Tweed River), the Atlantic Ocean
to the west and north, and the
North Sea to the east. The
capital is Edinburgh and the
largest city is Glasgow. Scotland
is a country with large areas of
unspoilt and wild landscape, and
many mountains. The western
Highland coast is intersected
throughout by long, narrow sea
lochs (Loch Ness, Loch
Lomond), or fjords. Scotland
also includes the Outer and
Inner Hebrides and other islands
off the west coast and the Orkney
and Shetland Islands. Scotland's
principal rivers are the Clyde, the
Forth and the Tweed. The largest
freshwater loch is Loch Lomond.
Pictures of Scotland
Wales
Wales (or Cymru in Welsh) is the
western peninsula and political division
(principality - altough the Prince of Wales
has no role in the governance of Wales)
of Great Britain. Wales has been
politically united with England since
1536, but ruled by England since 1284.
The capital is Cardiff (Caerdydd). Wales
is bounded by the Irish Sea (North), the
Bristol Channel (South), England (East),
Cardigan Bay and St. George's Channel
(West).
The highest peak of the Cambrian Mts. is
Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) which rises to
1,085 m. The Welsh coastline consists of
many bays (the largest is Cardigan
Bay), beaches, peninsulas and cliffs.
The most important river is the Severn.
Pictures of Wales
England
England is bordered to the
north by Scotland and to the
west by Wales. There are
mostly low hills and plains with
a 3,200km coastline cut into by
bays. Upland regions in the
north include the Pennine
Chain, the Cumbrian
mountains, home of the Lake
District, and the rugged
landscape of the Yorkshire
moors. Series of chalk hills
running down to the sea at
Dover, where they end in the
famous white cliffs. The central
region of England is known as
the Midlands and the Fens, a
vast, marsh area, much of
which has been drained for
agricultural use.
Pictures of England
Animals of Great Britain
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