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Ireland
By: Mitchell Tesch, Jesse Warner
Physical Geography
The island of Ireland is located in the north-west of Europe, between latitudes 51° and 56° N, and longitudes 11° and 5° W.
Landforms5 major landforms
Coastline- Ireland’s coastline includes one of its most famous natural features: the Giant’s Causeway.
Mountains- Ireland’s mountains are concentrated in the northeast and southwest of the island. In County Down, the Mourne Mountains
Rivers- Ireland’s longest river is the Shannon
Plateaus- Ireland has two major plateau areas. The first, in County Antrim,
Lakes - Lough Neagh is the largest freshwater lake in the British Isles.
Human made FeaturesNewgrange
Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery
Round Towers
Climate mild, moist and changeable with abundant rainfall and a lack of temperature extremes.
Pollution and ManagementAir Pollution 17.36 Very Low
Drinking Water Pollution and Inaccessibility
21.88 Low
Dissatisfaction with Garbage Disposal
25.00 Low
Dirty and Untidy 47.66 Moderate
Noise and Light Pollution 40.62 Moderate
Water Pollution 34.68 Low
Dissatisfaction to Spend Time in the City
16.91 Very Low
Dissatisfaction with Green and Parks in the City
26.72 Low
Region
Place or Region
Both 6 different languages
Population4.959 million
Human Interaction
Ireland is known for its rich soil and lush vegetation. The people of Ireland reap the benefits by farming and ranching the lands
Culture● Ethnic and racial minorities make up about 12 percent of the population of Ireland.● Although they are small in number, the nomadic Travellers are an indigenous
ethnic minority group, defined by their shared customs, traditions, and language, who have lived in Ireland for centuries.
● In Ireland, Irish is the first official language, and English is the second.● Ethnic groups include: 96.4% White, 1.7% Asian, 1.1% Black, 0.8% Other.● Social classes include terms of working class, middle class, and lower class.● Big Irish human interactions include understatement- non boastful, being easy-
going, and slagging or teasing.● Regional
Economy● Type - The economy of Ireland is a modern knowledge economy, that focuses on services and
high-tech industries and dependent on trade, investment and industry.● Main Industries include pharmaceuticals, medical devices, chemicals, computer software and
hardware, food products, beverages and brewing.● Imports - Data processing equipment, other machinery and equipment, chemicals, petroleum
and petroleum products, textiles and clothing.● Exports - Computers, machinery and equipment, chemicals, medical devices,
pharmaceuticals, food products and animal products.● Agriculture - The Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine currently the agri-food sector in
Ireland contributes a value of 24 billion euro to the national economy. Ireland is a net importer of cereal grains. Spring Barley is the most popular cereal crop grown by farmers and is used for the malting, seed and feed industries in the country. Winter wheat, winter barley and winter and spring oats are the other important grain crops produced for the agri-food industry.
● Trade - Main export partners : U.S., U.K., Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, France, Netherlands and Spain.Main import partners : U.K., U.S., Germany, China, Netherlands, France, Norway, Japan.
Natural ResourcesNatural resources include natural gas, petroleum, peat, copper, lead,
blueberries, dolomite, barite, limestone, gypsum, silver and zinc.
Human Resources
A big human resource in Ireland would be taxing, claims of a tax yield of some 1.7 billion euro.