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The country and people National Emblem Union Flag or Union Jack England England?occupies?the?largest.It?has?an?area?of?more?than?130,000?square?kilometres? which?takes?up?nearly?60%?of?the?whole?island.? The?Pennies are?the?principal?mountain?chain.? The?highest?peak?of?England,?Scafell?(978m),?is?in?the?Lake?District?in?north west?England.? England is in the southern part of Great Britain. It is the most populous section. Capital:London British Museum 大英博物馆 伦敦塔桥 (London Tower Bridge) Big Ben Scotland There?are?three?natural?zones:? the?Highlands?in?the?north?,the?central?Lowlands,?and?the?southern?Uplands.?The?Highlands?(300m?over?1,200m)?are?a?wild?,?rocky,?mountainous?plateau?with?a?coastline?deeply?indented,? The?Lowlands?in?the?centre?.This?is?the?most?important?area?in?Scotland?which?contains?most?of?the?industry?and?population. The?southern?Uplands?,?a?rolling?moorland?(mainly?240m-600m) Ben?Nevis,?the?highest?mountain?in?Britain(1343m)?is?located?here Edinburgh?is?the?capital?of?Scotland.? Edinburgh Wales It?has?an?area?of?20,761?square?kilometres?which?takes?up?less?than?9%?of?the?whole?island.? Most?of?Wales?is?mountainous.6%?of?Wales?is?covered?with?forest?and?much?of?the?country?is?pasture——land?for?sheep?and?cattle. ?Only?12%of?the?land?is?arable.?Wales?forms?a?massif?断层with?a?lowland?fringe?widest?along?the?English?border?and?south?coast.? Snowdonia?(1,085m)?in?the?northwest?is?the?highest?mountain?in?Wales. The?capital?of?Wales?is?Cardiff.? Cardiff albert clock Northern Ireland Northern?Ireland?is?a?fourth?region?of?the?United?Kingdom.?It?takes?up?the?northern?fifth?of?Ireland?and?has?an?area?of?14,147?square?kilometres ?It?has?a?rocky?and?wild?northern?coastline,?with?several?deep?indentations.?In?the?northeast?lie?the?uplands?of?County?Antrim,?while?the?mountains? in?the?southeast?gradually?give?way?to?the?central?lowlands?of?the?Lough?Neagh?basin. ?Belfast?is?the?capital?of?Northern?Ireland.? Belfast? River Rivers?in?Britain?do?not?freeze?i