Chapter 2 Geography

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GEOGRAPHY

Outline

Climate

Land and settlement, the environment and pollutionLondonSouthern EnglandThe Midlands and Northern England

ScotlandWales and Northern Ireland


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Climate:

London (Britain) is wet and foggy land wrong

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West: more rain

Rainfall


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Diagram of rainfall in Britain

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East and West: East is colder

North and South: South is warmer and sunnier

Changeability

The lack of extremes


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Temperature Diagram ofBritain

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LAND AND SETTLEMENT

A. LAND

-South + East: flat plains + rolling hills

-North +West: mountains- The impression of variety


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B. Settlement

B. SETTLEMENT- Much land is used for human habitation

+ live in the south & the east crowdedly

+ 75% live in towns or cities-Desire of privacy & love of countryside the

English+ the Welsh dont like living in blocks of flats

in city centres.

-Cities: outwards> upwards


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2. Environment and pollution

A. Environment

- In Britain, smog was first used: smog=?+?

- Smog was famous through in works of

Charles Dickens & Sherlock Holmes stories- Bad smog in 1952 : b/t 4000 and 8000deaths


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B. PollutionB. Pollution-- Water pollution:Water pollution:

+ In nineteenth century, awful smell of+ In nineteenth century, awful smell of

the River Thamesthe River Thames

- During 1960S & 1970S laws forbade- During 1960S & 1970S laws forbade

the heating of homes and stop pollutionthe heating of homes and stop pollution

from factoriesfrom factories

- Air pollution: use of motor car in the- Air pollution: use of motor car in the

quarter of the twentieth centuryquarter of the twentieth century


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East Anglia

The downs

The county of ken

The regiontwest country

The south-westpeninsula

the outer suburd

Southern England


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Southernengland map


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*The outer suburbs:

Has reputation of being commuterland

The most densely populated area

in the UK

*The county of Ken:

Like the garden of Englandmany kinds of fruit & vegetables


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o the downs, a series of hills in ahorseshoe shape

othe region the west country: has anattractive image, some industry andone large city, dairy produce

The south-west peninsula: rokycoast, numerous small bays and wildmoorlands, the winter so mild in

some low-lying parts togrow palm trees


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East Anglia: dry climatemain growing: wheat, other arablecrops

Part of this region, the area known asthe fens, has been reclaimed fromthe sea, watery, misty feel to it

The norfolk Broads: criss-crossed byhundreds of waterway boating


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The Midlands

WEST MIDLANDS

(black country)

EAST MIDLANDS

THE MIDLANDS

BIRMINGHAM

NOTTINGHAM

GRIMSHY

LEICESTERDERBY


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The two Government Office Regions of West and East Midlands.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


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Birmingham seen from the Lickey HillsFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Birmingham_panorama_from_the_Lickey_Hills.jpg


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BIRMINGHAM Shown within the West Midlands


IRMINGHAM CITY
http://vi.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=West_Midlands_(county)&action=edit&redlink=1http://vi.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=West_Midlands_(county)&action=edit&redlink=1


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City of Birmingham

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/BirminghamUK_skyline_Centenary_Square_700.jpg


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15/12/2010 21Robin Hood statue inNottingham From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottinghamhttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Robin_Hood_Memorial.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottingham


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The old central area focused around Market Square of the city of Nottingham



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Nottingham Council House and Queen Street



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Alexandra Docks andNational Fishing Heritage CentreFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


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National Fishing Heritage Centre



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NORTHERN ENGLAND

NORTHERN ENGLAND

THE PENNINE MOUNTAINS

WESTERN SIDE

EASTERN SIDE

FURTHER SOUTH

FURTHER NORTH

NEWCASTLE

SHIPBUILDING

SHEFFIELD

STEEL GOODS

MANCHESTER AREA

COTTON GOODS

BRADFORD

LEEDS

WOOLLEN GOODS

OTHER TOWNS


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15/12/2010 28The Pennine Mountains of Northern England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


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Bridge Street and Sunbridge Road



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Scotland includes a third north of Englishisland???

Total area is about 78.772 sq km

The only border in Scotlands continent is

England

Scotland is in between Northern & Atlanticocean

Mention 3 regions and 2 major cities in

Scotland


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Scotlands geography


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Northern

highlands

CentralBelt

Southernuplands

A partofcontin

ent


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Scotland is in the central plain & the

trip of east coast extendingnorthwards

Scotland has more than 80% of

citizens Scotlands two major cities have

different reputation

Glassgow is Scotlands business&manufacturing capital

Scotlands capital Edinburgh is one of

the most beautiful cities of Europe


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Inside Hebridesarchipelago

Shetland

archipelago

Orkney

archipelago

OutsideHebridesarchipelago

790

islands


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Glasgowcity Edinburgh

city


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highlands


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Wales:

Most p.p live in one small part of it.

The sound-east??? of the country is most heavily

populated ( b/c just British p.p locate in the north of

England) Only part of Britain with a high proportion of

industrial villages.

Most of the rest of Wales in mountainous; so,

communication b/w south & north is verydifficult.

Capital???


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Wales

The mount Snowdon

in the North-west of thecountry is very beautiful

& is the largest national

park in Britain.


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Northern Ireland :

This region like the rest of Ireland, largelyagricultural.

It has several areas of spectacular natural

beauty.


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Northern Ireland:

The giantscausewayon its

north coast.(the rocks in the area

form what look likeenormous stepping

stones.)

F b i W l


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Famous beauty in Wales,Ireland

Holly well

Llyny fan fawn

Dolwy-ddenlan castle


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