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see the British Isles which consist of two large islands:

Great Britain and Ireland and about five thousand small islands.
The British Isles are separated from the European continent by the English Channel and the Straits of Dover. The west coast is washed by the Atlantic Ocean and the Irish Sea; the east coast is washed by the North Sea.

British Isles: the United Kingdom and the Irish Republic.
The

UK includes Great Britain and the northern part of the island of Ireland. The Irish Republic occupies the rest of the island.

is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

But it is often called Great Britain because the most part of the country lies on the island of the same name.

four parts: England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. There are

four main nationalities in the country: the English, the Welsh, the Scots and the Irish. Each of them has its own language and culture.

of the United Kingdom.
Wales lies to the west of England.

Scotland is the northern part of Great Britain.
Northern Ireland occupies one third of the island of
Ireland.

own patron saint and floral emblem: England – St. George

and the Rose, Scotland – St. Andrew, the Thistle and Scottish Bluebell, Wales – St. David and the Daffodil, Northern Ireland – St. Patrick and the Shamrock.

the rose.
The flower has been adopted as England’s emblem

since the time of the Wars of the Roses (between the royal house of Lancaster, whose emblem was a red rose and the royal house of York, whose emblem was a white rose).

the daffodil, which is traditionally worn on St. David’s Day.

The vegetable called leek is also considered to be a traditional emblem of Wales.

the thistle, a prickly-leaved purple flower which was first used

in the 15th century as a symbol of defence. The Scottish Bluebell is also seen as the flower of Scotland.

is the shamrock. An Irish tale tells of how Patrick

used the shamrock to explain the Trinity: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit could all exist as separate elements of the same entity.

of the British Isles varies very much. The north of

Scotland is mountainous and is called the Highlands, while the south, which has beautiful valleys and plains, is called the Lowlands.

are mountainous, but all the rest is a vast plain.

Mountains are not very high. Ben Nevis in Scotland is the highest mountain (1,343 m).

Thames, the Avon, the Clyde, the Severn), but they are

not very long. The Severn is the longest river in the country, while the Thames is the deepest and the most important one.

the Lake District in England.

Great Britain, its political, economic and commercial centre. It is

one of the largest cities in the world and the largest city in Europe. It stands on the river Thames which flows into the North Sea, so London is the largest port and one of the main ship-building centres.

landmarks are Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, Tower Bridge,

Madame Tussaud’s, The Sherlock Holmes Museum, The Tate Gallery and so on.

of Parliament is famous for its big Hour Bell, known

as "Big Ben". Westminster Abbey is the place, where the coronation of nearly all kings and queens have taken place.

started in 1835 by a French wax sculptor Marie Tussaud.

It contains wax figures of famous people from past and present.

popular museum in London, dedicated to the legendary detective Sherlock

Holmes. It is situated near the north end of Baker Street in the central London close to Regent's Park.

the National Gallery of British Art. When its role was

changed to include modern art it was renamed the Tate Gallery after Henry Tate, who had laid the foundations for the collection.

capital of the UK, it’s also the main city of

England. Cardiff is the capital of Wales, Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland and Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland.

It has many industries such as machine-building and food industry.

The main buildings of Cardiff are Cardiff Castle, City Hall, the Public Library and University College.

have lived and worked there: Robert Burns, Walter Scott, Robert

Lois Stevenson and others. Every year in September Edinburgh Festival is held in the city.

largest city in this part of the UK and one

of the main ship-building centres.