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St. Patrick’s flag
smallest
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
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Thistle蓟
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BRITISH ISLES
UNITED KINGDOM
GREAT BRITAIN
ENGLAND
Scotland
England
Daffodil 水仙花
Shamrock三叶草
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Capital, 2nd largest city in Scotland: Edinburgh
largest city in Scotland: Glasgow 格拉斯哥
Features: tourism (one of most important industries)
Beautiful scenery Scotch whisky Scottish kilts Bagpipe
John Bull 约翰牛
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Geographical Names
The United Kingdom
SCOTLAND
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WALES
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ENGLAND 英格兰
Rose
The Pennines奔宁山脉: the ‘backbone’ of England
Lake District湖区: Lake Poets湖畔(派)诗人
Features:
most populous
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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
ShorteneBiblioteka / abbreviated forms
The United Kingdom or The U.K.
Nickname
Major Mountains and Rivers
1. Highest mountain
(Scotland): Ben Nevis
2. Longest River
(Wales): The Severn River
3. Largest lake
(Northern Ireland): Lough Neagh
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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)
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
England Scotland
Wales Northern Ireland
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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
wealthiest
highly urbanized London: capital, largest city Birmingham伯明翰: 2nd largest city
130,410km2 60%
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(GREAT) BRITAIN (大)不列颠岛
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No part is more than 120km from the sea.
广东180,000 km2+海南34,000 km2
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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
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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Population
Administrative Division
Area Size
United Kingdom
4. Backbone of England
(England): The Pennines
5. Most important river
(England): The Thames