GEOGRAPHY%20OF%20THE%20UK

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GEOGRAPHY OF THE UK
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• Area and population
• Physical geography
• Climate
• Symbols

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United Kingdom relief location map.jpg

• Autor Alexrk2, Název United Kingdom relief
  location map.jpg Zdroj
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FileUnited_Kingdom_
  relief_location_map.jpg

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British Isles

• 2 big islands Great Britain and Ireland
• GB consists of 3 parts England, Wales, Scotland
• Ireland consists of 2 parts Northern Ireland and
  Republic of Ireland (Eire)
• GB Northern Ireland (Ulster) United Kingdom
• 5000 smaller islands The Isle of Wight, the I.
  of Man, Anglesey, the Scilly Islands, the
  Hebrides, Orkneys, Shetlands, the Channel Is.
• GB is a part of Commonwealth of Nations (1949)
  with other 53 independent countries (former
  colonies or dominiums India, Pakistan, Kenya,
  SA, Dominica, Canada, Australia, N. Zealand)
• no political or economical advantages but
  cultural ties
• Commonwealth Games every 4 years, annual
  meetings, promotion of human rights and world
  peace
• British dependencies and territories Isle of
  Man, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Falkland Is.,
  Gibraltar, Saint Helena

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Bermuda

• Autor JGHowes, Název BDA Bermuda.jpgZdroj
  http//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File3ABDA_Bermu
  da.jpg

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Area, population

• area 244,000 sq km, half the size of France
• population 60 mill. , 1/3 formed by 8
  conurbations (London, Birmingham, Glasgow,
  Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Liverpool, )
  England 83 of the population
• neighbours Ireland west, France south/east,
  the North Sea north/east, the Atlantic Ocean
  south/west,the English Channel Strait of
  Dover/33km (the narrowest part), the Irish Sea
  St. Georges Channel and the North Ch.

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Physical geography

• Lowlands south east England, Ireland
• Highlands north west Scottland, most of Wales,
  central England
• Mountains
• the highest Scottland North West Highlands,
  Grampians Ben Nevis 1343m
• Wales - the Cambrian Mount. Snowdon 1085
• England - the Pennines (the Backbone of Engl.),
  Lake District Mountains Cumbrians, Cheviot
  Hills

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Rivers, lakes

• the longest rivers
• the Severn, the Thames (Engl.)
• the Clyde (Scot.)
• the Shannon(Irel.)the longest on British Isles
• the largest lakes
• the Lake District (L. Windermere Engl.)
• Loch Lomond and Loch Ness (Scot.)
• the largest Lough Neagh (N. Irel.)

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Ben Nevis
Loch Ness

• Autor David Crocker, Název Ben_Nevis.jpg
• Zdroj http//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/FileBen_
  Nevis.jpg

Autor Neznámý, Název Loch_ness 001.jpg Zdroj
http//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/FileLoch_ness_0
01.jpg
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• Counties
• 46 in England, 8 in Wales, 6 in N. Ireland, 12
  regions and 53 districts in Scottland
• counties are devided into districts
• Languages
• English West Germanic lang.
• Welsh, Scottish Gaelic, Irish, Gaelic in N.
  Irel. Celtic languages, other lang. Chinese,
  Punjabi,
• Capitals
• England London Scottland - Edinburgh
• Wales Cardiff Nort. Ireland - Belfast

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Cardiff
Belfast

• Autor Gareth James, Název Cardiff_Bay,_Cardiff.j
  pg
• Zdroj http//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/FileCard
  iff_Bay,_Cardiff.jpg

Autor sjdunphy, Název Looking down on City Hall
Zdroj http//www.fotopedia.com/items/flickr-223
2423109
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Climate

• temperate, mild and humid
• influenced by the Gulf Stream
• changeable, mild winters (rarely drop below 10C,
  not hot summers (rarely exceed 30C)
• small amount of sunshine, high rainfalls, fogs

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Symbols

• British national flag
• The Union Jack - combination of crosses
• 1. St. George (patron of England) - a red cross
  on a white field
• 2. St. Andrew (patron of Scottland)- a white
  diagonal cr. on a blue field
• 3. St. Patrick (patron of Ireland) - a red
  diagonal on a white field
• 4. no Welsh patron - united with England in 1535
  by the king Henry VIII
• British anthem
• God Save the Queen / God Save the King
• originally a theatrical song from 1745
• Currency
• the pound sterling pound , code - GBP, symbol -
  , 1 pound 100 pence
• Other
• lion, bulldog, statue Britannia

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Britannia Statue
Union Jack

• Autor Mageslayer99, Název BritanniaStatue.jpgZ
  droj
• http//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/FileBritannia-
  Statue.jpg

Autor James I of England, Název Flag of the
United Kingdom.svg Zdroj http//commons.wikimedi
a.org/wiki/FileFlag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg
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Thank you for your attention.

• Autor DUM Mgr. Darina Sikorová