许鲁之版英国概况英文版.doc

Part Ⅰ The United Kingdom 1. Geographical Features 1. The British Isles are situated in the northwest of Europe in the Atlantic Ocean. 2. English Channel / North Sea 3. England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland 4. Full title: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5. area: 244.110 Square kms / 1.000km from north to south; 500kms widest 6. England: 130.000skm, 60% of Whole Island. A) Pennine mountains runs from Scottish boarder as far south as Derbyshire about 241km in the north. Altitude is 200-500meters. B) Bulk of Pennines奔宁山脉 is moorland. C) Lake District to the west of Pennines D) plateau in the southwest and west, east and midlands are low-lying. 7. Scotland: 78.760skm in northern part. A) Highlands islands of Hebrides in the north, rugged, bare, mountainous. Benvis, highest peak, 1.343m. B) Central Lowlands, relatively flat. C) Southern Uplands, rolling moorland with small fertile river valleys. 8. Wales on the Western Prominence. 20.700skm, 9% of the whole island. A) industrial south B) central plateaus and lakes C) Mountainous north. 9. Northern Island, 14.147skm with six counties. Mountains in the north and south, separated by the fertile basin of Lough Neagh, mainly agricultural, industrial center: two ports?Belfast and Londonderry. 0 2. Climate 1) moderated by the Atlantic Gulf Stream, milder than places in the same latitude. 2) equable: winters are mild, temperature exceed 4c in the west, lower in the east. July about 18c. 13c in the northern Scotland. 3) changeable day-t-day conditions. 4) Rainfall throughout the year. No marked dry season. 3. Rivers and Lakes many lakes and rivers but not very large. In England: 1) the longest river: Severn River, 355km 2) Thames River, 338km, Oxford in on it 3) Clyde River in Scotland 4) lakes lies in Northern Scotland the Cumbriam Mountains and North Wales 4. Natural Resources Rich in coal, iron, tin, copper, oil and gas No large land-based oilfield, mainly in North Sea. (also g