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02.05.2022 09:01 •  Английский язык

The British Isles

The British Isles lie off the north-west coast of continental Europe". They are made up of Great Britain ( England, Scotland and Wales) and .. Ireland (... Northern Ireland and... independent Irish Republic) and some 5,500 smaller Islands. On.. whole, territory of ... British Isles is 244,000 square kilometres. We will not find .. high mountains or ... large plains in Britain. Everything occupies... little place. . nature, it seems, has carefully adapted... things- .. mountains, . plains, . rivers, . lakes - to. size of. island itself. .. mountain 12,000 feet high would be .. wonder there. So would be .. plain 400 miles long, .. river as wide and deep as .. Mississippi". Most of . plains lie to ... east; . west is hilly or mountainous. .. mountains even in .. highest part of England are only . little over 3,000 feet high. .. highest mountain in ... British Isles* is . Ben Nevis in ... Scotland, 4,406 feet high. .. longest river is . Seven, about 2000 miles long. . highest waterfall is 370 feet high. Too often.. visitor who has only.. few days to spend sees only. Lowland England, and so he cannot see . contrasts between. wild fiords of.. Scotland, .. rocks of . North Wales, . smiling orchardland of.. Kent, and. open moorland of .. Sutherland". These contrasts are often not far from. big cities. .. climate of . British isles is influenced by . Atlantic Ocean. ... winters are not so cold as they can be on. continent, but... summers are not so warm as they usually are on . other side of . Channel". In . other words,... Great Britain has ... mild climate, but because of ... length of... British Isles . temperatures differ from... district to ... district. ... North is certainly colder than... South*, but in... winter .. coldest districts are . eastern ones climate here is more like that in ... Central Europe. On ... whole ... weather changes very often and there are... few sunny days. Britain has.. rain in every month of ... year... rainiest months in Britain are.. November, ... January" and.. February*. Usually there is ... little snow in ... winter.