Transcript Презентация на тему Великобритания

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Royal coat of arms of the
United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern
Ireland
Flag
United Kingdom - sovereign state located off the
north -western coast of continental Europe. Territory
of the United Kingdom includes the island of Great
Britain, the island of Ireland and many small
islands. Northern Ireland - the only part of the UK
with a land border with another sovereign country the Republic of Ireland. All other boundaries are
water: UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the
North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea.
The capital of the Kingdom - London. UK includes
four countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland
and Wales. Three of these countries have national
governments with varying degrees of authority,
located in London, Edinburgh and Cardiff
respectively. From the United Kingdom associated
Crown ownership, although they are not part of it
constitutionally. UK has 14 overseas territories.
UK Climate mild, mainly due to the influence of the North Atlantic current (continuation of the
Gulf Stream), which brings warm water to the west coast of Europe. The climate here is very
specific, moist and soft. Kingdom is famous for its fog.
Winter in Britain lasts from December to February. This time of year usually cold, wet and windy.
Temperatures at night in winter rarely fall below -10 ° C (14 ° F), and a day rarely rise above 15 ° C (59 ° F).
Precipitation is very common during these months, but the snow is quite rare, despite the latitude, which is
krayina.Do end of winter weather usually stabilizes: becoming less windy, less rain falls, but in the meantime
the temperature falling, especially in coastal regions . This is the largest of the fact that in February the
northeastern Atlantic Ocean colder because cools off during December and January. However, the beginning
of winter is characterized by very changeable and windy with frequent storms. This is mainly wettest and
most windy season.
Spring in Britain, as in Ukraine, continues during March - May. It is usually mild and cool dry
season, as the Atlantic Ocean for fall and winter loses heat. But every day the sun rises, the
days dovshayut and temperature increases. Sometimes in the second half of the spring
over Britain are thunderstorms and showers.
During March the country at low temperature may fall snow. Snowfall is rare, but may occur
to the middle of April.
Summer lasts from June to August
in the hottest season. Summer
season can often be dry, but
precipitation may have extensive
local changes due to
thunderstorms. These storms occur
mainly in the southern, eastern and
central England and are less
frequent and severe in the north
and west
Autumn in the UK runs from
September to November. Season
notorious for being unsettled, as
cool air moves south pole behind
the sun, it meets warm air of the
tropics and produces a region of
great excitement
Relief Great Britain
The relief of central and southeastern parts of Great Britain hilly
plains, in Scotland, Wales and
Ulster dominated low mountains
and hills, heavily smoothed by
glaciers and river erosion.
Peninsula Wales busy Kebriyskymy
mountains south of Scotland are
Pennine and Cumberland
mountains. The highest mountain in
the UK are on the North Scottish
Highlands. Mount Ben Nevis,
located near the top of the Gulf of
Loch Linnhe, rises to a height of
1343 m above sea level and near
the intersection of the highlands and
mountains Hrampianskyh several
peaks exceeding 1200 m Principal
rivers are the Thames, Severn,
Trent , Mersey.
The peculiarities of the relief area
of ​Great Britain is divided into two
main areas. High Kingdom (including
Northern Ireland), located to the north
and west, ancient pidstylayetsya
resistant bedrock and is mostly
heavily dissected uplands and
lowlands are less common. In the
south and east of Britain is low,
characterized by hilly terrain, small
hills and a few mountains, it is based
overlie younger sedimentary rocks.
The boundary between high and low
Kingdom is approximately south-west
of Newcastle in the mouth of the Tyne
to Exeter in the estuary in south
Devon