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Підготували учениці 8-А класу Шишко Анастасія Сич Валерія Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Flag United Kingdom - sovereign state located off the north -western coast of continental Europe. Territory of the United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the island of Ireland and many small islands. Northern Ireland - the only part of the UK with a land border with another sovereign country the Republic of Ireland. All other boundaries are water: UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel and the Irish Sea. The capital of the Kingdom - London. UK includes four countries: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Three of these countries have national governments with varying degrees of authority, located in London, Edinburgh and Cardiff respectively. From the United Kingdom associated Crown ownership, although they are not part of it constitutionally. UK has 14 overseas territories. UK Climate mild, mainly due to the influence of the North Atlantic current (continuation of the Gulf Stream), which brings warm water to the west coast of Europe. The climate here is very specific, moist and soft. Kingdom is famous for its fog. Winter in Britain lasts from December to February. This time of year usually cold, wet and windy. Temperatures at night in winter rarely fall below -10 ° C (14 ° F), and a day rarely rise above 15 ° C (59 ° F). Precipitation is very common during these months, but the snow is quite rare, despite the latitude, which is krayina.Do end of winter weather usually stabilizes: becoming less windy, less rain falls, but in the meantime the temperature falling, especially in coastal regions . This is the largest of the fact that in February the northeastern Atlantic Ocean colder because cools off during December and January. However, the beginning of winter is characterized by very changeable and windy with frequent storms. This is mainly wettest and most windy season. Spring in Britain, as in Ukraine, continues during March - May. It is usually mild and cool dry season, as the Atlantic Ocean for fall and winter loses heat. But every day the sun rises, the days dovshayut and temperature increases. Sometimes in the second half of the spring over Britain are thunderstorms and showers. During March the country at low temperature may fall snow. Snowfall is rare, but may occur to the middle of April. Summer lasts from June to August in the hottest season. Summer season can often be dry, but precipitation may have extensive local changes due to thunderstorms. These storms occur mainly in the southern, eastern and central England and are less frequent and severe in the north and west Autumn in the UK runs from September to November. Season notorious for being unsettled, as cool air moves south pole behind the sun, it meets warm air of the tropics and produces a region of great excitement Relief Great Britain The relief of central and southeastern parts of Great Britain hilly plains, in Scotland, Wales and Ulster dominated low mountains and hills, heavily smoothed by glaciers and river erosion. Peninsula Wales busy Kebriyskymy mountains south of Scotland are Pennine and Cumberland mountains. The highest mountain in the UK are on the North Scottish Highlands. Mount Ben Nevis, located near the top of the Gulf of Loch Linnhe, rises to a height of 1343 m above sea level and near the intersection of the highlands and mountains Hrampianskyh several peaks exceeding 1200 m Principal rivers are the Thames, Severn, Trent , Mersey. The peculiarities of the relief area of Great Britain is divided into two main areas. High Kingdom (including Northern Ireland), located to the north and west, ancient pidstylayetsya resistant bedrock and is mostly heavily dissected uplands and lowlands are less common. In the south and east of Britain is low, characterized by hilly terrain, small hills and a few mountains, it is based overlie younger sedimentary rocks. The boundary between high and low Kingdom is approximately south-west of Newcastle in the mouth of the Tyne to Exeter in the estuary in south Devon