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The Introduction of UK Geography The?United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, or?UK, is a? HYPERLINK /wiki/Sovereign_state \o Sovereign state sovereign state?located off the northwestern coast of? HYPERLINK /wiki/Continental_Europe \o Continental Europe continental Europe. The UK lies between the? HYPERLINK /wiki/North_Atlantic \o North Atlantic North Atlantic?and the? HYPERLINK /wiki/North_Sea \o North Sea North Sea, and comes within 35?km of the northwest coast of? HYPERLINK /wiki/France \o France France, from which it is separated by the? HYPERLINK /wiki/English_Channel \o English Channel English Channel. Politically, UK is a union made up of four constituent countries: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland with a total area of approximately 242,000 square kilometers. Britain is an island country and the surrounding sea gives England a varied climate. We never know what the weather will be like from one day to the other. It can be sunny one day and rainy the next. As we have such a variable climate changing from day to day, it is difficult to predict the weather. The longest river in the UK is the? HYPERLINK /wiki/River_Severn \o River Severn River Severn?which flows through both Wales and England. The largest lake in the UK is founded in Northern Ireland. History Celtic was the first people who had arrived in Britain in BC. Then In 5th century A.D. the southeast of the island of Great Britain was controlled by the Roman Empire. After the Romans removed, Anglo- Saxon and the Jutes invaded. In 7th century feudal system began to form. Later a king united of England, the history said Anglo - Saxon times. The duke of Normandy crossed the sea and conquered England in 1066. Then he established the of Norman dynasty. From 1338 to 1453, British and French had a war for about one hundred; the UK wined at first but lost later. In 1649, the republic was formatted. In 1801, England and Scotland merged with Ireland. In 18 century to the 19th century,