GREATBRITAIN

Map of Great Britain

• People and population• Great Britain is the third largest

country in European Union. It has 58.789.194 inhabitants.

• Language and flag• The language of this country is

English, one of the most speaking languages in the world. This language is also spoken in other countries like Australia, United States, New Zealand and one part of Canada. The flag’s colours are white, blue and red.

Capital city

• The capital city of Great Britain is London. London has 7.744.942 inhabitants. It’s one of the most important cities in the world. It’s a very big city and it has a lot of monuments like: The Parliament, the Tower Bridge, the London Tower, Buckingham Palace and so on. From the London Eye you can see many of these monuments.

• THE PARLIAMENT THE TOWER BRIDGE

The rivers

The most important river is Thames and it goes along London. It goes under the Tower Bridge.

Other important rivers are Severn and Humber. The Severn goes along Wales and the Humber goes along

Northern England.

The river Thames

The cities

In Great Britain

there are a lot of cities. The most important cities

are London, Birmingham, Glasgow,

Edinburgh, Liverpool and Leeds. Here you have a

map and you can see

the cities of Great Britain.

Mountains

• The most important mountains in Great Britain are Tees-Exe line, Pennines and the highest mountain is Ben Nevis that is situated in Scotland.

• In Wales there are 14 mountains higher than 914 metres. The highest mountain of Wales is called Snowdon.

• The highest mountain of England is called Scafell Pike

In Scotland there is the highest mountain of Great Britain called

Ben Nevis.

BEN NEVIS

Situation

Great Britain is an island. It is in Europe. It’s in the northwest of Europe.

Mancha Channel separates Great Britain from France

The Greenwich meridian goes along London

Extension

Great Britain has 244.820 km2 of extension. It is a very big country with a lot of cities.

Religion

The religion of Great Britain is Anglican. Anglicanism is a link between church and state. Other religions in Great Britain are Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism and Judaism. Most of the Christian people are of the Church of England. Less Christians are Catholics, Presbyterians and without denomination.

Kind of governmentIt’s a constitutional monarchy and the Queen Elisabeth ll is Head of state.

Famous nature The Cotswolds are a range of hills in the heart of

England, west central area.

The Scottish Highlands is an area with many mountains ranges and you can find there the highest mountain in the British Isles, Ben Nevis.

It is also very well-known its countryside. Many of British films let us admire its landscapes.

Famous people

There are a lot of great writers who were born in Great Britain like Shakespeare, Jane Austen,

Charles Dickens, Lord Byron, Agatha Christie or

J.K. Rowling.

• Two important scientists, Isaac Newton and Alexander Fleming were born in Great Britain.

Famous Musical Groups

The Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, Queen, Iron Maiden, or singers like Sting, Robbie Williams, Freddie Mercury and so on.

Great actors and actresses born in Great Britain:

Hugh Grant, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Emma Thompson, Elizabeth Taylor, Vanessa Redgrave or Anthony Hopkins.

The main monuments The Parliament and the Big Ben, Westminster

Abbey, The London Tower, Buckingham Palace and The Tower Bridge in London.

The Stonehenge in Salisbury Plains

Buckingham Palace

The main museums

The British Museum, Tate Modern and National Gallery.

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