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GB-1 Physical Geography Geographical situation: The British Isles: Great Britain, Ireland about 5000 little islands – the Isle of Wight, the Isles of Scilly, Anglesey, Isle of Man, Scotland is fringed by Inner Hebrides, Outer Hebrides, Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands The sea surrounding the British Isles – shallow, excellent fishing grounds o West coast – Atlantic Ocean and the Irish Sea o East coast – the English Channel Climate: Is typical insular, the temperature is equable Long lasting fogs, cloudy weather, frequent rainfall, strong winds – characteristic features of the British climate Mountains, Rivers: Two main regions: Highland Britain – Scotland, the Lake District, whole of Wales, the south-west peninsula of England o Hills - Old hard rocks, o Valleys and plains – carboniferous rocks – rich in minerals, coal fields lie on the borderland between Highland and Lowland Lowland Britain – plain, chalk and limestone hills, fertile with good soil and valuable pasture land The highest mountains: Ben Nevis (Scotland), Snowdon (Wales) The rivers are not long, but rich in water and comparatively deep, not navigable for large ships The biggest rivers – the Thames, the Trent flowing into the North Sea Lakes: Lake district in England, Scottish Highlands where there are called „lochs“ Fauna and Flora: Diverse pattern of natural vegetation. o woodlands occupy about 7 % of the surface o agricultural land – 40 %arable 30.7 % and the rest are pasture and meadow Pastures and meadows of England – used for cattle and sheep breeding. The sea round the Isles is rich in fish – herrings, codfish, sole Animals – like in Europe, but poorer Mammals – rabbit, hare, mouse, bat, deer 460 species of birds Vocabulary: fringe – v; to form a border around sth: The beach was fringed by coconut palms. roughly –adv. approximately but not exactly: Sales are up by roughly 10%. • We live roughly halfway between here and the coast. equable – adj. (of weather) keeping a steady temperature with no sudden changes: an equable climate soil - n the top layer of the earth in which plants, trees, etc. grow: poor / dry / acid / sandy soil freight –n, goods that are transported by ships, planes, trains or lorries/trucks; the system of transporting goods in this way: to send goods by air freight • a freight business • passenger and freight transportation services, to send or carry goods by air, sea or train 1 GB-1 harbour – n. an area of water on the coast, protected from the open sea by strong walls, where ships can shelter: estuary –n the wide part of a river where it flows into the sea: the Thames estuary fenland –n an area of low flat wet land in the east of England drain - v to make sth empty or dry by removing all the liquid from it; to become empty or dry in this way breed - ~ sth (for / as sth) to keep animals or plants in order to produce young ones in a controlled way: The rabbits are bred for their long coats. • Greyhounds were originally bred as hunting dogs. mammal n -any animal that gives birth to live babies, not eggs, and feeds its young on milk. shallow - adj. not having much distance between the top or surface and the bottom:These fish are found in shallow waters around the coast. peninsula – n. an area of land that is almost surrounded by water but is joined to a larger piece of land 2