Geography of UK Vojtěch Pospíšil 4A. The British Isles.

Geography of UK

Vojtěch Pospíšil 4A

The BritishIsles

The BritishIsles

General information• Name: United Kingdom of Great

Britain and Northern Ireland• Area: 94,060 sq mi = 243 610 km² • Population: 64 100 000 people• Languages: English, Cornish, Irish, Scotch,

Scottish Gaelic, Ulster-Irish, Welsh

• Currency: Pound sterling (GBP)• Time zone:GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)

• Government: Unitary Parliamentary constitutional monarchy

Symbols of the UK

Symbolicanimals

Coat of arms

God and my right Shamed be he who thinks ill of it.

Britania Union Jack

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Anthem: God Save the Queen

Countries of the UK

• England: London• Scotland: Edinburgh• Wales: Cardiff• Northern Ireland: Belfast

Parts of the UK

Important and capital cities

Comparing with the size of the Czech Republic

Rivers in the UK

Lakes in the UK

• Lough Neagh (Ireland): 381,74 km2

• Lower Lough Erne (Ir.): 105,08 km2

• Loch Lomond: 71,12 km2

• Loch Ness: 56,64 km2

• Upper Lough Erne (Ir.): 42,99 km2

Loch Ness

Loch Lomond

Highlands in the UK

• Grampian Mountains (Ben Nevis 1343m)• North West Highlands• Cambrian Mountains• Southern Uplands

Ben Nevis

Cambrian mountains

Other islands in the UK

• Isle of Man• Arran• Western Isles• Shetland Islands• Orkney Islands

Western isles

Isle of Man

Cities in the UK

London (8.308 mil)

Edinburgh (495 360)

Cardiff (324 800)

Belfast (310 000)

Birmingham (1.074 mil)

Manchester (502 900)

Liverpool (444 500)

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