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1、英国地理1.TheofficialnameoftheUnitedKingdomistheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.2.TherearethreepoliticaldivisionsontheislandsofGreatBritain:England,ScotlandandWales.3.Aboutahundredyearsago,Britainruledanempirethathadonefourthoftheworld'speopleandon
2、efourthoftheworldslandarea.4.TheBritainEmpirewasreplacedbytheBritaincommonwealthin1931,whichisafreeassociationofindependentcountiesthatwereoncecoloniesofBritain.5.BritainisseparatedfromtherestofEuropebytheEnglishChannelinthesouthandtheNorthSeaintheeast.6.Bri
3、tainhas，forcenturies,beentiltingwiththenorthwestslowlyrising,andthesoutheastslowlysinking.ThenorthandwestofBritainaremainlyhighlands・Thesoutheastandeastaremainlylowlands.7.Thepennies,arangeofhillsrunningfromnorthmidlandstoScottishborder,aretheprincipalmounta
4、inchain.8.BenNevisinScotlandisthehighestmountaininBritain,andtheLoughNeaghinNorthernIrelandisthelargestlakeinBritain.9.TherearethreenaturalzonesinScotland:thehighlandsinthenorth,thecentrallowlands,andthesouthernuplands・Thelowlandsinthecentercomprisemostlythe
5、forthandClydevalleys.10.Edinburgh,CardiffandBelfastarethecapitalsofScotland,WalesandNorthernIreland.11.Scotlandhasabout800islands,includingtheOrkney,ShetlandsandHebrides・苏格兰有800座岛屿，包括奥克内群岛，谢特兰群岛和赫不里德群岛。12.Besides,theTweed,theTyne,theTeesandtheThamesRiversont
6、heeastcoastallfacetheNorthSeaportsontheEuropeancontinent.除此以外，东海岸的邓恩河，泰河，迪斯河和泰晤士河都面临欧洲大陆上的北海各港口。1.ThelongestriverinBritainistheSevernRiver.ThemostimportantriverisThamesRiver.RiverClydeisthemostimportantriverinScotland.英国最长的河流是赛文河，最重要的河流是泰晤士河。克莱德河是苏格兰最重要的河流。2
7、.ThoughtheweatherinBritainissochangeableandunpredictable,theclimateisinfactafavorableone.Britainhasasteadyreliablerainfallthroughoutthewholeyear.虽然英国的天气总是如此变化无常，无法预测，但实际上英国的天气相当宜人。英国全年有稳定的降雨量。3.Britainhasapopulationof57411000.itisadenselypopulatedcountrywith
8、anaverageof237peoplepersquarekilometer,anditisveryunevenlydistributed.90%ofthepopulationisurban,andonly10%isrural.英国人口为57411000o它是一个人口稠密，分布不均的国家，每平方公里平均237人，90%的人牛活在城镇，只有10%的人居住在农村。4.theEnglisha
