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Archipelagos and smaller islands Orkney Shetland Hebrides Isle of Man Aran Islands (Ireland) Isle of Wight Channel Islands

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THE BRITISH ISLESTHE BRITISH ISLES

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The British Isles are a group of islands on the north-west coast

of Europe. The largest islands are Great Britain and

Ireland

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Archipelagos and smaller islandsArchipelagos and smaller islands Orkney

ShetlandHebrides

Isle of Man

Aran Islands(Ireland)

Isle of Wight

Channel Islands

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Seasand

channels

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Seas and channels:Bristol Channel

Seas and channels:North Channel

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From a political point of view the area is divided into the United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) and the Republic of Ireland (Éire).

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PHYSICAL PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHYGEOGRAPHY

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Plains and hills to the south-east

United KingdomUnited Kingdom

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Mountains to the west and to the northThe mountains are very old, so they are not very high.

Ben Nevis – 1343 m

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Wicklow Mountains

Almost entirely flat or hilly.Many lakes in the Central Plain.The main mountain range is in the south. Ireland = Emerald Island.

IrelandIreland

Central Plain

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London

Severn

Severn

Lake Neagh

Thames

Lake (Loch) Ness

Trent

Rivers Rivers and lakesand lakes

Rivers: short but navigable. Many important ports at the estuaries (Liverpool, Bristol, London).

Small lakes of glacial origin.

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DUBLIN

Blackwater

Lough Corrib

Barrow

Lough Mask

Shannon

IrelandIreland

Main river: Shannon.

It has a large estuary in the

Atlantic Ocean.

Lough Ree

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CoastsCoasts

Land’s End

Firths

Giant’s Causeway

Dover

Cliffs of Moher

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Oceanic climatemitigated by the Gulf Stream:

-small temperature range (= small difference between summer and winter temperature: between +4° e +16°) - rain all throughout the year

-changeable weatherGulf Stream(hot, it comes from the Gulf Of Mexico)


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