The Coat of Arms of the uk.

It is two animals and chit. In the center of the Coat of Arms in Latin language write the slogan. In the Coat of Arms are represented:

England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The flag of the uk.

The Union Jack – the call of the flag. It is very popular in our time. In the flag are united three saint patrons. It combination three part – England, Scotland and Ireland.

1801 year – the flag was created.

Wales again was missed. Idea turn down about added the flag Wales to The Union Jack.

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Contents:

1. Landscape

2. Lake and river

3. Climate

4. Mineral resources

5. Wildlife and vegetation

6. Population

Landscape

Whole territory is separate on 3 regions:

1. Scotland has elevation relief and mix forests.

2. Wales has mountains relief and high land.

3. South-East England has low plain landscape, forest.

The most famous mountain is in Scotland.

Mountains can be deviated in groups:

1. The high lands (Scotland) – north west of Great Britain. Ben Mountain is situated here. 1343 – high.

2. The Southern Uplands and Pennies (Scotland) – the center plants of Scotland, northern part of England.

3. The Cambrian Mountains are situated in Wales. They occupied almost territory of Wales.

Lake and river

The UK largest is situated in Northern Ireland. 1033 – high of Loch Ness.

The Lake District is England. Loch Lomond is the largest lake in Scotland.

As for rivers, the UK Rivers aren’t very long.

354 – the high of the longest river in Wales.

Usually the rivers don’t freeze in winter.

The uk Climate

It is various. Humid and mild marine west-east climate with warm winters and cold summers and a lot of rainfall throughout the year. The temperatures aren’t much lower than 0⁰ C in winter and much higher than 32⁰ C in summer.

July and August are the warmest months; February is the coldest month.

Late winter/spring (February to March) is the direst period and autumn/winter (October to January) is the wettest in June; July and August the daily duration of sunshine varies from 5 hours in northern Scotland to 8 hours in the Isle of weight.

In November, December and January sunshine is at …

Mineral Recourses.

Coal (Northumberland, Landscape, Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, South and North Wales)

Iron ore (upland areas in Scotland, Wales, lowland areas in northern England)

Tin and copper (Cornwall, Devonshire)

Lead and silver ores (Derbyshire, Cumberland and Landscape)

Oil in the North Sea

The UK wildlife

• Extinct forest animals: the wolf, the bear, the deer, the Irish elk

• Foxes (in rural areas)

• Otters (along rivers and streams)

• Squirrels, hares, rabbits, hedgehogs, moles, mice and rats etc.

• Birds (song birds, sea birds)

The UK vegetation

Coniferous and mixed forests with pines, oaks and birches.

The greatest density of woodland is in the north and east of Scotland, in some part of southeast England and on the Welsh border.

Hedges are at uncial feature of countryside landscape.

No distance between trees. The UK forests are very full.

Population

60,975,000 in 2007

84% - England, around 5% - Wales, around 8,5% - Scotland, less than 3% - Northern Ireland.

The highest population density - England (London, the South East, South West Yorkshire, Manchester, the West Midlands) the lowest – Scotland. It is connected with relief, because Scotland is mountains landscape.

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British History

Neolithic age – Bronze age (6000BC – 800BC)

Iron age (800BC – 43AD)

Roman Britain (43AD - 410)

Vikings Anglo-Saxons (410-1066)

Norman Britain (1066-1154)

Middle ages (1154-1458)

Tudors (1458-1603)

Civil War and Revolution (1603-1714)

Empire and Sea Power (1714-1837)

Victorian Britain (1837-1901)

Word Wars (1901-1945)

Britain 1945 onwards

Neolithic Age-Bronze Age

Britain became separated from the European mainland shortly before 6000BC.

Gathering (nuts, berries and fruit) and muting.

Farming appeared between about 500BC and 4500BC.

In about 3800BC there was a move into new areas that had not been settled before.

The earliest ceremonial monuments appeared.

“Hege” monuments (like Stonehenge) were located according to the position of the sun during the winter o summer solstice (about 3000BC).

In 2500BC bronze appeared in Britain and the Bronze Age started. The Early Bronze Age (2300-1500BC). The Middle Bronze Age (1500-1250BC) mark son important period of Change, g10wth and population expansion.

The Latest Bronze Age (1250 – 800BC) is marched by the arrival of new styles of metalwork and pottery, the so-called “Caltic” way of live.