Geography of England Martina Kuerov Map of England

Geography of England Martina Kučerová

Map of England Martina Kučerová 2

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

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

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

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 6

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

Religion Martina Kučerová 8

Ethnicity Martina Kučerová 9

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 10

Division 46 countries: The South The English Midlands The North Regions Counties Martina Kučerová 11

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 12

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 13

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 14

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

Thank you… Martina Kučerová