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Characteristics 1. tourist attraction 2. historic value and heritages 3、cultural tradition and environments 4、variety of exhibition both in the actual objects like historic landmarks and sites and the spiritual forms like myth and legend or customs and habits . Landscapes of Britain A Brief Introduction The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK, or Britain is a sovereign state(主权国家) located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning Great Britain, the northeast part of Ireland, and many small islands. Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK with a land border, sharing it with the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea. The largest island, Great Britain, is linked to France by the Channel Tunnel. The United Kingdom is a unitary state (中央集 权的国家) consisting of four parts: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. It is governed by a parliamentary (议会)system with its seat of government in London, the capital, but with three devolved（委任的） national administrations in Belfast, Cardiff and Edinburgh, the capitals of Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland respectively. The UK is a constitutional monarchy（君主立宪制） with Queen Elizabeth II as the head of state. The UK has fourteen overseas territories, all remnants [remn?nt ] of the British Empire, which at its height in 1922 included almost a quarter of the worlds land surface, the largest empire in history. British influence can continue to be observed in the language, culture and legal systems of many of its former colonies. England is bordered by Scotland to the north, Wales to the west and the North Sea, Irish Sea, Celtic Sea, Bristol Channel and English Channel. The capital is London, the largest urban area in Great Britain, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by many measures. England was th