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Weston W. Cockrell
#2 English/ Ms. Cockrell
Geography/ Mr. Ray
May 25, 2007
United Kingdom
Imagine a county where people drink their beer warm, eat sheep's innards cooked in its stomach and where police don't carry guns. No, it's not a third world country; it's the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Although they do some strange things there, the UK is a country with an interesting history and a powerful voice in the modern world.
The climate of the UK is very temperate. For example, the temperature in Great Britain is usually between 5ðF and 93ðF although Scotland gets down to -17ðF in the winter. The annual precipitation is around 36"-40" pre year. As you can see, the UK is very much like the Pacific Northwest in its climate (The World Fact Book).
The UK is comprised of, England, Wales and Scotland (which form the island of Great Britain) and Northern Ireland.
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English: Location of the United Kingdom of Great B...It covers 94,500 sq miles big. It's located off the northwestern coast of Europe between the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea. It is separated from the continent by the Straits of Dover and the English Channel, and from the Irish Republic by the Irish Sea and the St. Georges Channel. The Cheviot Hills run east to west along the Scottish border, while from the ��Scottish border to Derbyshire in Central England lie the north to south Pennine Range (The World Fact Book). Near Dover, the Channel Tunnel links the United Kingdom with France. There is no peak in England that is 3,300 ft or greater, the highest mountain being Scafell Pike in England's Lake District, at some 3,208 ft. Scotland's geography is varied, with lowlands in the south and east and highlands in the north and west,