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1、GeographyoftheUnitedKingdomFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaJumpto:navigation,searchTheUnitedKingdomoccupiesasubstantialpartoftheBritishIsles.TheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland,orUK,isasovereignstatelocatedoffthenorthwesterncoastofcontinentalEurope.Withatotalareaofapproximately243,61
2、0squarekilometres(94,060sqmi),theUKoccupiesthemajorpartoftheBritishIsles[1]archipelagoandincludestheislandofGreatBritain,thenorth-easternone-sixthoftheislandofIrelandandmanysmallersurroundingislands.Themainlandareasliebetweenlatitudes49°Nand59°N(theShetlandIslandsreachtonearly61°N),andlongitudes8°
3、Wto2°E.TheRoyalGreenwichObservatory,inSouthEastLondon,isthedefiningpointofthePrimeMeridian.TheUKliesbetweentheNorthAtlanticandtheNorthSea,andcomeswithin35km(22mi)ofthenorthwestcoastofFrance,fromwhichitisseparatedbytheEnglishChannel.Itsharesa360kminternationallandboundarywiththeRepublicofIreland.Th
4、eChannelTunnelboredbeneaththeEnglishChannel,nowlinkstheUKwithFrance.TheBritishOverseasTerritoriesandCrownDependenciesarecoveredintheirownrespectivearticles,seebelow.Content是·1Area·2Physicalgeographyo2.1Geologyo2.2Mountainsandhillso2.3Riversandlakeso2.4Artificialwaterwayso2.5Coastline§2.5.1Inlets§2
5、.5.2Headlandso2.6Islandso2.7Climate·3Humangeographyo3.1Demographicso3.2Politicalgeography§3.2.1Nationalgovernment§3.2.2Localgovernmento3.3Economicgeography§3.3.1Primaryindustry§3.3.2Manufacturing§3.3.3Financeandservices§3.3.4Regionaldisparity·4Naturalresources·5Environmento5.1Currentissueso5.2Inte
6、rnationalagreements·6Antipodes·7Geographyofdependencieso7.1Crowndependencieso7.2Overseasterritories·8Seealso·9References·10ExternallinksAreaThetotalareaoftheUnitedKingdomisapproximately245,000squarekilometres(94,600sqmi),comprisingtheislandofGreatBritain,thenortheasternone-sixthoftheislandofIrelan
7、d(NorthernIreland)andmanysmallerislands.EnglandisthelargestcountryoftheUnitedKingdom,at130,410squarekilometres(50,350sqmi)accountingforjustoverhalfthetotalareaoftheUK.Scotlandat78,772squarekilometres(30,410sqmi),
