Институт Экономических Преобразований
и Управления Рынком
РЕФЕРАТ
по дисциплине: СТРАНОВЕДЕНИЕ
на тему: «The geographical location of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.»
Москва 2005 г.
The Plan
I. The geographical location in Brief ……………………………….. 2
II. The UK regions …………………………………………………… 4
1) England and it’s counties ……………………………………… 4
2) Across Scotland ………………………………………………..17
3) Wales and it’s landscapes ……………………………………..21
4) «Ulster» …………………………………………….………….23
5) Some words about English Channel …………………….…….24
III. The Closing Speech About The UK Location …………………….25
IV. Sources …………………………………………………………….26
I. Geographical location in Brief.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland consists of 4 countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. In addition there are Dependencies of the crown: The Isle of Man, the Channel Islands and remnants of the Empire such as Gibraltar and several islands and groups of islands in Atlantic, Caribbean, Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Britain constitutes the greater part of the British Isles. The largest one is Great Britain. The next largest comprises Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. Western Scotland is fringed by the large island chain known as the Hebrides and to the north-east of the Scottish Mainland are Orkney and Shetland. All these have administrative ties with the Mainland, but the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea and the Channel Islands between Great Britain and France are largely self-governing, and are not part of the UK.
The United Kingdom is situated on the north-west coast of Europe, between the Atlantic Ocean on the North and North-West and the North Sea on the East, being separated from the European continent by the English Channel and the Strait of Dover.
Its territory is 242 000 sq.km. It’s divided into 2 main geographical...