Великобритания. Урок 1.2. Англия. Географическое положение. Климат. Экономическое развитие

Hello dear friends, today we would like to offer you the second lecture on the course on traveling around Great Britain. This is an astronomy course and its purpose is to introduce you to the country of the language being studied, that is, Great Britain. In our previous lesson, we talked about Great Britain in general. We learned

general information about this amazing country. As we know, Great Britain is located on the British Isles off the northwestern coast of Continental Europe. Traditionally, this country is called Great Britain or England by the name of its historical part. The official name of this country is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern

Ireland. We know that the country consists of four historical regions: England. It occupies Central and Eastern Wales, this part of the country is located in the west of Great Britain; Northern Ireland, it occupies part of the island of Ireland; and finally, Scotland, which is located in the north of Great Britain. We will talk about England today, about the

Central historical region of Great Britain. We also know that the British Isles are the largest archipelago in Europe. It includes two large islands, Great Britain itself and Northern Ireland, and about 5,000 small islands The length of the island of Great Britain from north to south is 966 km and its greatest width is just

over 450 km from Sweden and Denmark The British archipelago is separated by the shallow North Sea and also by the narrow straits of the English Channel and from France The modern outlines of the coastline of the island were formed relatively recently The area of ​​the United Kingdom, as we said last time, is just