Geography of EnglandGeography of England

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Map of EnglandMap of England

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SurfaceSurface

• Highlands

-The Pennines (Cross Fell-893)

-The Cumbrian mountains (Scafell Pike-978)

Lake District

-The Cheviot Hills (The Cheviot-815)

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Surface (2)Surface (2)

• Lowlands-The Cotswold Hills, Chiltern Hills, North Downs, South Downs

• The Southwest Peninsula-Dartmoor

-Exmoor

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WatersWaters

• Rivers-Thames (346 km)

-Mersey (112 km) tidal rivers

-Tyne (100 km)

-Severn (354 km)

• Lakes-Lake Windermere

-Lake Derwentwater

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ClimateClimate

• Highly changeable weather

• Northern and western parts usually wetter and colder

• Southern parts sunnier and warmer

• Temperate climate (-5-30°C)

• Milder winters than in Central Europe

Gulf Stream

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DemographicsDemographics

• The most populous nation in the UK

(about 50 million)

The most ethnically and religiously diverse nation in the UK

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ReligionReligion

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Church of England

No Religion

Roman Catholics

Not Stated

Muslim

Hindu

Jedi

Sikh

Jewish

Other

Buddhist

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EthnicityEthnicity

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White British White Other IndianPakistani Mixed White IrishBlack Caribbean Black African BangladeshiOther Asian Chinese OtherBlack Other

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IndustryIndustry

• Birthplace of Industrial Revolution

• Largest economy in UK

-GDP 35 500 USD per capita (2006)

• Decline of traditional heavy and manufacturing industries

• Importance of service industries

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DivisionDivision

46 countries:

The South The English Midlands The North

Regions

Counties

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The South of EnglandThe South of England

The West Country-Dorset, Somerset, Gloucestershire,

Devon, Wiltshire, Cornwall

South East-Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex,

Surrey, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Isle of

Wight

London

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The English MidlandsThe English Midlands

East Anglia-Bedfordshire, Essex, Norfolk,

Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire

The East Midlands-Derbyshire, Leicestershire,

Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland

The West Midlands-Staffordshire, Shropshire,

Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, The West

Midlands County

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The North of EnglandThe North of England

Yorkshire-North Yorkshire, West

Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, East Yorkshire

The North West-Cumbria, Lancashire, Cheshire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester

The North East-Northumberland, Durham,

Cleveland, Tyne, Wear

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SourcesSources

• http://wikipedia.org

• http://wikitravel.org

• Brendlová, S. (2006): Basic Facts on English-Speaking Countries, Fraus, Plzeň

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