United KingdomErika Diana Erlinta

Ira RahmawatiIrma Laili FSiti Aisyah

Didin Asyharudin

Geography of

• The British Isles lie off the north-west coast of continental Europe

• The UK is made up of “Great Britain, Northern Ireland”

• Great Britain consists of “England, Wales, and Scotland”

Gheography ‘n’ Governmental system of UK

Gheography ‘n’ Governmental system of UK

Parliamentary Government

• The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy

• English country adopted a parliamentary system of government in which the powers of government are the prime minister and ministers

• While power as head of state in the hands of the Queen

Total Area, Lakes and Landscape

• The total area of the UK is 241,752 square kilometers.

• The area of England is 130,423 sq km• Scotland 78,080 sq km• Wales 20,766 sq km• Northern Ireland 13,483 sq km• The UK coastline is 4057 km long.

Lakes in The UK

• Northern Ireland is also home to the UK's largest lake, Lough Neagh, which covers an area of 396sq.km (153 sq miles).

LAKES

• Loch Lomond in Scotland

• Windermere, in the English Lake District

Landscape of UK

• Some Landscapes in The UK

RIVERS in The UK

• England's best known river is, of course, the Thames which flows through London. It is also the longest, at 346km, in England

• The River Severn is the longest in total, but its source is in the mountains of Wales, and the parts which run through England are shorter than the Thames

The Longest Rivers in the UK 2 River Country Length (miles) (km)1 River Severn Wales and

England 220 354

2 River Thames England 215 3463 River Trent England 185 2974 River Great

Ouse, East Anglia

England 143 230

5 River Wye Wales and England

135 215

6 River Ure / River Ouse, Yorkshire

England 129 208

7 River Tay Scotland 117 1888 River Spey Scotland 107 1729 River Clyde Scotland 106 17210 River Tweed Border of

Scotland96 155

11 River Avon, Warwickshire

England 96 154

12 River Nene England 91 14813 River Eden,

CumbriaEngland 90 145

14 River Dee, Aberdeenshire

Scotland 87 140

15 River Witham England 82 13216 River Teme England 81 13017 River Don,

Aberdeenshire

Scotland 80 129

18 River Bann Northern Ireland

76 122

=19

River Ribble England 75 120

=19

River Avon, Bristol

England 75 120

21 River Tyne England 73 11822 River Dewent England 72 11523 River Aire England 71 114=24

River Tees England 70 113

=24

River Medway

England 70 113

=24

River Mersey England 70 113

=27

River Dee, Wales

Wales 70 112

=27

River Don England 70 112

Climate and Temperature in The UK

• temperatures not much lower than 0ºC in winter and not much higher than 32ºC in summer

• July and August are normally the warmest month in England.

• Around the coasts, February is normally the coldest month, but inland there is little to choose between January and February as the coldest month.

Mountain and Natural resources in the UK• 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, 1,344 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• 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.

Natural Resources

• Historically, much of the United Kingdom was forested

• Since prehistoric times, man has deforested much of the United Kingdom

• The UK has a variety of natural resources including: Geological: coal, petroleum, natural gas,

limestone, chalk, gypsum, silica, rock salt, china clay, iron ore, tin, silver, gold, lead.

Agricultural: arable land, wheat, barley, sheep

Thank You