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Geography of The United Kingdom.: Area

The United Kingdom is located off the northwestern coast of Europe and consists of Great Britain, Northern Ireland, and many smaller islands, with a total area of approximately 248,532 square kilometers. England is the largest country within the UK, covering just over half of the total land area. The highest point is Ben Nevis in Scotland at 1,345 meters, and the lowest point is in eastern England at less than 4 meters below sea level. The longest river is the River Severn, which flows through both Wales and England.

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Geography of The United Kingdom.: Area

The United Kingdom is located off the northwestern coast of Europe and consists of Great Britain, Northern Ireland, and many smaller islands, with a total area of approximately 248,532 square kilometers. England is the largest country within the UK, covering just over half of the total land area. The highest point is Ben Nevis in Scotland at 1,345 meters, and the lowest point is in eastern England at less than 4 meters below sea level. The longest river is the River Severn, which flows through both Wales and England.

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Geography of the United Kingdom.

MADE BY Oltean Sergiu


The United Kingdom is a sovereign state located off the north-
western coast of continental Europe. With a total area of
approximately 248,532 square kilometres (95,960 sq mi), the UK
occupies the major part of the British Isles archipelago and
includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern one-sixth of
the island of Ireland and many smaller surrounding islands.It is
the world's 7th largest island country.The mainland areas lie
between latitudes 49°N and 59°N (the Shetland Islands reach to
nearly 61°N), and longitudes 8°W to 2°E. The Royal Observatory,
Greenwich, in south-east London, is the defining point of the
Prime Meridian.The UK lies between the North Atlantic and the
North Sea, and comes within 35 km (22 mi) of the north-west
coast of France, from which it is separated by the English
Channel. It shares a 499 km international land boundary with the
Republic of Ireland.The Channel Tunnel bored beneath the
English Channel now links the UK with France.The British
Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies are covered in
their own respective articles, see below.

AREA:
-The total area of the United Kingdom according to the Office
for National Statistics is 248,532 square kilometres (95,960 sq
mi), comprising the island of Great Britain, the northeastern one-
sixth of the island of Ireland (Northern Ireland) and many smaller
islands. This makes it the 7th largest island country in the
world.England is the largest country of the United Kingdom, at
132,938 square kilometres (51,330 sq mi) accounting for just over
half the total area of the UK. Scotland at 80,239 square kilometres
(30,980 sq mi), is second largest, accounting for about a third of
the area of the UK. Wales and Northern Ireland are much smaller,
covering 21,225 and 14,130 square kilometres (8,200 and 5,460
sq mi) respectively.The area of the countries of the United
Kingdom is set out in the table below. Information about the area
of England, the largest country, is also broken down by
region.The British Antarctic Territory, which covers an area of
1,709,400 km2 is geographically the largest of the British
Overseas Territories followed by the Falkland Islands which
covers an area of 12,173 km2. The remaining twelve overseas
territories cover an area 5,997 km2.Other countries with very
similar land areas to the United Kingdom include Guinea (slightly
larger), Uganda, Ghana and Romania (all slightly smaller). The
UK is the world's 80th largest country by land area and the 10th
largest in Europe (if European Russia is included).

Mountains and hills:


The ten tallest mountains in the UK are all found in Scotland. The
highest peaks in each part of the UK are:
Scotland: Ben Nevis, 1,345 metres
Wales: Snowdon (Snowdonia), 1,085 metres
England: Scafell Pike (Cumbrian Mountains), 978 metres
Northern Ireland: Slieve Donard (Mourne Mountains), 852 metres
The ranges of mountains and hills in the UK include:
Scotland: Cairngorms, Scottish Highlands, Southern Uplands,
Grampian Mountains, Monadhliath Mountains, Ochil Hills,
Campsie Fells, Cuillin
Wales: Brecon Beacons, Cambrian Mountains, Snowdonia, Black
Mountains, Preseli Hills
England: Cheviot Hills, Chilterns, Cotswolds, Dartmoor,
Lincolnshire Wolds, Exmoor, Lake District, Malvern Hills, Mendip
Hills, North Downs, Peak District, Pennines, South Downs,
Shropshire Hills, Yorkshire Wolds
Northern Ireland: Mourne Mountains, Antrim Plateau, Sperrin
Mountains
The lowest point of the UK is in the Fens of East Anglia, in
England, parts of which lie up to 4 metres below sea level.

RIVERS AND LAKES:


The longest river in the UK is the River Severn (220 mi; 350 km)
which flows through both Wales and England.
The longest rivers in the UK contained wholly within each of its
constituent nations are:
England: River Thames (215 mi; 346 km)
Scotland: River Tay (117 mi; 188 km)
N. Ireland: River Bann (76 mi; 122 km)
Wales: River Tywi (64 mi; 103 km)
The largest lakes (by surface area) in the UK by country are:
N. Ireland: Lough Neagh (147.39 sq mi; 381.7 km2)
Scotland: Loch Lomond (27.46 sq mi; 71.1 km2)
England: Windermere (5.69 sq mi; 14.7 km2)
Wales: Llyn Tegid (Bala Lake) (1.87 sq mi; 4.8 km2)
The deepest lake in the UK is Loch Morar with a maximum depth
of 309 metres (Loch Ness is second at 228 metres deep). The
deepest lake in England is Wastwater which achieves a depth of
79 metres (259 feet).
Loch Ness is the UK's largest lake in terms of volume.

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