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St. Patrick’s flag
smallest
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SCOTLAND
St Andrew’s Flag
most important river in Scotland: Clyde River
tallest mountain range: Grampian Mountains格兰扁山脉
tallest one of the range Ben Nevis 本· 尼维斯
4. Backbone of England
(England): The Pennines
5. Most important river
(England): The Thames
6. Lake District
England
7. Giant’s Causeway
Northern Ireland
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Welsh dragon/St. David
WALES
Capital city: Cardiff
Daffodil 水仙花
youngest capital in Europe since 1955 (P5)
longest river of Britain:
The Severn River (354km)
No part is more than 120km from the sea.
广东180,000 km2+海南34,000 km2
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Thistle蓟
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243,000 km²
England Scotland
130,281km² 78.772 km²
Wales
20,780 km²
Northern Ireland
14,135 km²
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Population
ENGLAND 英格兰
(GREAT) BRITAIN (大)不列颠岛
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Location
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Northern Ireland/Ulster
Shamrock三叶草
Belfast: capital; biggest city in Northern Ireland
Lough Neagh: largest freshwater lake in UK
The Giants Causeway巨人堤道: World Heritage Site
63,000,000
53,000,000 5,200,000
3,100,000
1,800,000
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UK is densely populated.
United Kingdom China World average European average France USA Canada Australia
Name
Official Name
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国
Shortened / abbreviated forms
The United Kingdom or The U.K.
Nickname
John Bull 约翰牛
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Why?
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Geographical Names
The United Kingdom
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Lake District湖区: Lake Poets湖畔(派)诗人
Features:
most populous
3. Glasgow
(Scotland): the 3rd largest city in UK
4. Edinburgh
(Scotland): the capital city in Scotland
5. Cardiff 6. Belfast
(Wales): the capital city in Wales (Northern Ireland): the capital city in Northern Ireland
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BRITISH ISLES
UNITED KINGDOM
GREAT BRITAIN
ENGLAND
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Population
Administrative Division
Area Size
United Kingdom
4 NATIONS
ENGLAND 英格兰 SCOTLAND 苏格兰
WALES 威尔士
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St George’s Flag
The River Themes泰晤士河
SCOTLAND
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Match the followings
England Scotland
Wales Northern Ireland
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cf. The RiverThames (338km): most important river
Features:
being dominated by England longest of 3
retaining a powerful sense of its difference from England
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How to describe its position?
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广西236,000 km2
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AREA: 243,000 km2
Major Mountains and Rivers
1. Highest mountain
(Scotland): Ben Nevis