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Location and territory Location of the UK: The mainland areas lie between latitudes 49°N and 61°N and longitudes 8°W to 2°E Total territory: about 243,000 square kilometers Interesting Fact: No one in the UK lives more than 120 km (75 miles) from the sea. Topography(地势） Northern Ireland: It’s mostly hilly. Wales: It’s mostly mountainous. South Wales is less mountainous than North and Mid-Wales. Scotland: Its geography is varied, with lowlands in the south and east and highlands in the north and west. England: It consists of lowland terrain, with some mountainous terrain in the northwest, north and southwest. Ben Nevis in Scotland — the highest point in UK Rivers and Lakes The longest river: Severn River (about 980 km kilometers long) The second longest river: Thames (330 km kilometers long) The largest Lake in the British Isles: Lough Neagh（内伊湖） Thames The River Thames (泰晤士河) the longest river in England and the second longest in the United Kingdom (332 kilometers long) a historical landmark in the city of London. A boat ride along the Thames is also something that every visitor should experience. Several boat races and activities take place along or at the river each year. Lake District Lake poets I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud  —William Wordsworth ?I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high oer vales and hills,When all at once I saw a crowd,A host, of golden daffodils;Beside the lake, beneath the trees,Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.Continuous as the stars that shineAnd twinkle on the milky way,They stretched in never-ending lineAlong the margin of a bay:Ten thousand saw I at a glance,Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. Lake poets The waves beside them danced; but theyOut-did the sparkling waves in glee:A p