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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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 MidlandsEast Anglia

-Bedfordshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire,

HertfordshireThe East Midlands

-Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire,

Nottinghamshire, RutlandThe West Midlands

-Staffordshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire,

Warwickshire, The West Midlands County

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The North of EnglandThe North of EnglandYorkshire

-North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, South

Yorkshire, East YorkshireThe 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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