1 / 16

Geography of England

Geography of England. Martina Kučerová. Map of England. Surface. Highlands -The Pennines (Cross Fell-893) -The Cumbrian mountains (Scafell Pike-978) Lake District -The Cheviot Hills (The Cheviot-815). Surface (2). Lowlands

svea
Download Presentation

Geography of England

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Geography of England Martina Kučerová

  2. Map of England Martina Kučerová

  3. Surface • Highlands -The Pennines (Cross Fell-893) -The Cumbrian mountains (Scafell Pike-978) Lake District -The Cheviot Hills (The Cheviot-815) Martina Kučerová

  4. Surface (2) • Lowlands -The Cotswold Hills, Chiltern Hills, North Downs, South Downs • The Southwest Peninsula -Dartmoor -Exmoor Martina Kučerová

  5. Waters • Rivers -Thames (346 km) -Mersey (112 km) tidal rivers -Tyne (100 km) -Severn (354 km) • Lakes -Lake Windermere -Lake Derwentwater Martina Kučerová

  6. Climate • Highly changeable weather • Northern and western parts usually wetter and colder • Southern parts sunnier and warmer • Temperate climate (-5-30°C) • Milder winters than in Central Europe Gulf Stream Martina Kučerová

  7. Demographics • The most populous nation in the UK (about 50 million) The most ethnically and religiously diverse nation in the UK Martina Kučerová

  8. Religion Martina Kučerová

  9. Ethnicity Martina Kučerová

  10. Industry • Birthplace of Industrial Revolution • Largest economy in UK -GDP 35 500 USD per capita (2006) • Decline of traditional heavy and manufacturing industries • Importance of service industries Martina Kučerová

  11. Division 46 countries: The SouthThe English MidlandsThe North Regions Counties Martina Kučerová

  12. The South of England The West Country -Dorset, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Devon, Wiltshire, Cornwall South East -Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight London Martina Kučerová

  13. The English Midlands East Anglia -Bedfordshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire The East Midlands -Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland The West Midlands -Staffordshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, The West Midlands County Martina Kučerová

  14. The North of England Yorkshire -North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, East Yorkshire The North West -Cumbria, Lancashire, Cheshire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester The North East -Northumberland, Durham, Cleveland, Tyne, Wear Martina Kučerová

  15. Sources • http://wikipedia.org • http://wikitravel.org • Brendlová, S. (2006): Basic Facts on English-Speaking Countries, Fraus, Plzeň Martina Kučerová

  16. Thank you…

More Related