Great Britain ( English Great Britain , Wall. Prydain Fawr , Gaelic. Breatainn Mhòr , Cornish. Breten Veur , Scotts Great Breetain ) - the largest island in Europe (seventh largest in the world); its area is 229,946 km², slightly larger than Honshu Island. The length of the island from north to south is about 1,440 km, the largest width is two and a half times less . With a population of about 63 million people, it ranks third in the world after Java and Honshu. It is part of the British Isles . The island is located up to 95% of the United Kingdom , in particular, the main territories of England , Scotland and Wales .
| United Kingdom | |
|---|---|
| English Great Britain , scots. Great Breetain , Wall. Prydain Fawr , Gaelic. Breatainn Mhòr , Kornsk . Breten veur | |
| Characteristics | |
| Area | 229,946 km² |
| Highest point | 1344 m |
| Population | 61 371 315 people (2011) |
| Population density | 266.89 people / km² |
| Location | |
| Archipelago | British Isles |
| Washer water areas | Atlantic Ocean , North Sea |
| A country |
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| Regions | England , Scotland , Wales |
Extreme points:
- in the north - Cape Dunnet Head ( eng. Dunnet Head )
- in the west - Cape Corrachad-More ( English Corrachadh Mòr )
- in the south - Cape Lizard ( eng. The Lizard ) 49 ° 57′33 ″ s. w. 5 ° 12′54 ″ s d. H G I O
- in the east - Cape Lowestoft-Ness ( English Lowestoft Ness )
The island is washed by the waters of the Atlantic Ocean . It is separated by the shallow North Sea from Norway and Denmark , the narrow English Channel and Pas de Calais - from France, the Irish Sea , St George's Strait and the Northern Strait - from the island of Ireland . The modern shape of its coastline has developed relatively recently; it is strongly dissected by bays : fjords in the north and river estuaries in the south.
In the south, the relief of the island is mostly flat. In Wales, the Cambrian mountains are located up to 1085 m high (Mount Snowdon , if we understand the Cambrian mountains in the broad sense). In the north of England are the Pennine Mountains (up to 893 m, Cross Fell ), passing in the west to the Cumberland Mountains (up to 978 m, Pike ), and to the South Scottish Upland (up to 843 m, Merrick ) - in the north. The latter is separated by the Lowlands from the Highlands with the highest mountains of Ben Nevis (1344 m) and Ben MacDouy (1309 m).
The longest rivers of Great Britain are the Severn (354 km) and Thames (334 km), the largest lakes are Loch Lomond (71 km²) and Loch Ness (56 km²), the largest peninsulas are Wales and Cornwall .
See also
- UK geography
- List of British Isles
- List of Islands by Area
Literature
- Pliny the Elder (translated by Rackham, Harris). Natural History. - Harvard University Press, 1938.
- Ball, Martin John. The Celtic Languages. - Routledge, 1994. - ISBN 978-0-415-01035-1 .
- Butler, Alban. Butler's Lives of the Saints. - Continuum International Publishing Group, 1997. - ISBN 978-0-86012-255-5 .
- Frodin, DG Guide to Standard Floras of the World. - Cambridge University Press, 2001. - ISBN 978-0-521-79077-2 .
- Andrews, Robert. The Rough Guide to Britain. - Rough Guides Ltd, 2004. - ISBN 978-1-84353-301-6 .
- Dawkins, Peter. The Shakespeare Enigma. - Polair Publishing, 2004. - ISBN 978-0-9545389-4-1 .
- Major, John. History in Quotations. - Cassell, 2004. - ISBN 978-0-304-35387-3 .
- Else, David. Great Britain. - Lonely Planet, 2005. - ISBN 978-1-74059-921-4 .
- Kaufman, Will. Britain and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History / Will Kaufman, Heidi Macpherson Slettedahl. - ABC-Clio, 2005. - ISBN 978-1-85109-431-8 .
- Oppenheimer, Stephen. Origins of the British. - Carroll & Graf, 2006. - ISBN 978-0-7867-1890-0 .
- Taylor, Isaac. Names and Their Histories: A Handbook of Historical Geography and Topographical Nomenclature. - BiblioBazaar, 2008 .-- ISBN 978-0-559-29667-3 .
- Legon, NW Checklist of the British & Irish Basidiomycota. / NW Legon, A. Henrici. - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2005 .-- ISBN 978-1-84246-121-1 .
- Cannon, PF The British Ascomycotina. An Annotated Checklist / PF Cannon, DL Hawksworth, Sherwood-Pike MA. - Commonwealth Mycological Institute & British Mycological Society, 1985. - ISBN 978-0-85198-546-6 .
Links
- Interactive map of Great Britain
- Coast - the BBC explores the coast of Great Britain
- The British Isles
- 200 Major Towns and Cities in the British Isles
- CIA Factbook United Kingdom