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1、IrelandClimate:Irelandisnotveryhotduringsummer,norverycoldinwinter,actuallyithasaquitetemperateclimate_doesnotvaryfromoneseasonthenext.Irelandhadaquiteunspoiledlandscape,duetothecomparativepovertyofthecountry.Conflictsoftenarisebetweenthosewhoseekdevelopmentandthosew
2、hoseektoprotecttheenvironment.Environmentthethird-largestislandinEuropeandthetwentieth-largestislandintheworld,itliestothenorthwestofcontinentalEurope.TotheeastofIrelandisGreatBritain.Relativelylow-lyingmountainssurroundingacentralplain,theislandhaslushvegetation,apr
3、oductofitsmildbutchangeableoceanicclimate.Thickwoodlandscoveredtheislanduntilthe17thcentury.Today,itisthemostdeforestedareainEurope.Twenty-sixmammalspeciesarenativetoIreland,withsome,suchastheredfox,hedgehogandbadger,beingverycommon.Others,liketheIrishhare,reddeer,an
4、dpinemartenarelessso.ThepopulationofIrelandisestimatedtobe6.5 millionpeople,withjustunder4.5 millionintheRepublicofIrelandandjustunder1.8 millioninNorthernIreland.Thisisasignificantincreasefromamodernhistoricallowof4.2 millioninthe1960sbutstillmuchlowerthanthepeakpop
5、ulationofover8 millioninthemid-19thcenturypriortotheGreatFamine.LargepopulationsofpeopleofIrishliveinmanywesterncountries,particularlyinEnglish-speakingcountriesincludingGreatBritain,theUnitedStates,Australia,Canada,Argentina,Chile,SouthAfrica,NewZealand,Mexico,Franc
6、e,GermanyandBrazil.ThelargestnumberofpeopleofIrishdescentliveintheUnitedStates—abouttentimesmorethaninIrelanditselfHistorically,emigrationhasbeencausedbypolitics,TheIrishSeaseparatingtheislandsofIrelandandGreatBritain.ItisconnectedtotheAtlanticOceaninthesouthandinthe
7、northbytheNorthChannel.Theseaisofsignificanteconomicimportancetoregionaltrade,shippingandtransport,fishingandsoon.TheIrishHillsItsnamecomesfromtheIrishimmigrantswhosettledtherefrom1830-1850.Itisrenownedthroughoutthestateforitsbeautifulscenery,especiallyinthesummer,wi
8、thitsmanyhillsandlargerlakessurrounded.Asfortourism,theIrishHillsoffersomefamily-orientedlocations,includingfamily-ownedrestaurants
