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• Scotland


  • Most mountainous region in Great Britain
  • Highest peak: Ben Navis (1343m)
  • Wide lowland area between the Grampians and the Southern Uplands
  • Large towns including Edinburgh and Glasgow, and ¾ of the population are located in the lowland area
• England

  • Pennine Range - "the backbone of England" (extend 224 km, peak is only 895 km)
  • Rest of England is rather undulating
  • Large Agricultural plains of East Anglia are perfectly flat
• Scotland


  Mountainous
• Wales


  Moderately mountainous
• England


  Undulating, with some flat agricultural plains
• Ireland


  Mostly flat, with mountainous areas in the North and West
• Rivers of Britain


  • Short, easy to navigate
  • Longest are the Severn and Thames
  • Important part of inland transport network delivering bulk products such as coal, iron ore and steel
• The topography of Britain is not grandeur (no mountains, rivers, forests) but varied (scenery changes continuously over a quite short distance- 100 miles=160km)
• Climate


  Generally mild and temperate, nearly the same as northwest European mainland
• Weather


  Very changeable due to the constant influence of different air masses
• Britain doesn't have a climate, only have weather
• Temperatureof Britain

  • Mild, lack of extremes (10C-32C)
  • Occasionally suddenly hot or freezingly cold, the whole country seem to be unprepared for it and have exaggerated reaction (27 độ= Sahara, lên báo)
• Rain all the time is not true, compared to other European countries, rain no more even less than them
• The image of wet, foggy created 2000 years ago by invading Roman which then perpetuated in modern times by Hollywood
• Rain


  The amount of rain falling on a town depends on where it is. Nearer to the West=> more rain
• Winter


  Almost no snow in low-lying area, only snow in higher areas
• Sự phân hoá thời tiết giữa các hướng: winter, East lạnh hơn West; summer, South ấm hơn North