Geography of England

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Geography of England

• Martina Kucerová

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Map of England
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Surface

• Highlands
• -The Pennines (Cross Fell-893)
• -The Cumbrian mountains (Scafell Pike-978)
• Lake District
• -The Cheviot Hills (The Cheviot-815)

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Surface (2)

• Lowlands
• -The Cotswold Hills, Chiltern Hills, North
  Downs, South Downs
• The Southwest Peninsula
• -Dartmoor
• -Exmoor

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Waters

• Rivers
• -Thames (346 km)
• -Mersey (112 km) tidal rivers
• -Tyne (100 km)
• -Severn (354 km)
• Lakes
• -Lake Windermere
• -Lake Derwentwater

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Climate

• Highly changeable weather
• Northern and western parts usually wetter and
  colder
• Southern parts sunnier and warmer
• Temperate climate (-5-30C)
• Milder winters than in Central Europe
• Gulf Stream

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Demographics

• The most populous nation in the UK
• (about 50 million)
• The most ethnically and religiously diverse
  nation in the UK

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Religion
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Ethnicity
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Industry

• Birthplace of Industrial Revolution
• Largest economy in UK
• -GDP 35 500 USD per capita (2006)
• Decline of traditional heavy and manufacturing
  industries
• Importance of service industries

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Division

• 46 countries
• The South The English Midlands The North
• Regions
• Counties

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The South of England

• The West Country
• -Dorset, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Devon,
  Wiltshire, Cornwall
• South East
• -Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey,
  Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire,
  Hampshire, Isle of Wight
• London

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The English Midlands

• East Anglia
• -Bedfordshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk,
  Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire
• The East Midlands
• -Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire,
  Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland
• The West Midlands
• -Staffordshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire,
  Worcestershire, Warwickshire, The West Midlands
  County

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The North of England

• Yorkshire
• -North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, South
  Yorkshire, East Yorkshire
• The North West
• -Cumbria, Lancashire, Cheshire, Merseyside,
  Greater Manchester
• The North East
• -Northumberland, Durham, Cleveland, Tyne, Wear

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Sources

• http//wikipedia.org
• http//wikitravel.org
• Brendlová, S. (2006) Basic Facts on
  English-Speaking Countries, Fraus, Plzen

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