LAND AND AREA IN UK

The United Kingdom comprises of four geographical parts: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Island. The United Kingdom contains         most of the area and population of the British Isles. Together England, Wales, and Scotland constitute Great Britain while Northern Ireland and the republic of Ireland constitute the second largest Island; Ireland. Apart from the land border with the Irish republic, the United Kingdom is surrounded by sea. To the south of England and between the United Kingdom and France is the English Channel

England is the largest, most populous and wealthiest division of the United Kingdom. It makes up 130,410 sq km of the United Kingdom’s total 244,110 sq km. England makes up 53.4 percent of the United Kingdom, Scotland 32.3 per cent, Wales 8.5 per cent, and Northern Ireland 5.8 per cent.

The United Kingdom contains a number of small islands, which include Isle of Wight, off England’s southern coast, Anglesey, off northwest coast of Wales, Hebrides of the west of Scotland, the Orkney Islands to the northeast of Scotland, and the Shetland Islands into the North Sea from Scotland.

One of the physiographic features of England, as well as of the entire Island of Great Britain is the deeply indented coast, which are excellent natural harbors, easily accessible to deep water shipping. Because of the high tides that prevail along the eastern coast, a number of rivers and their estuaries provide this region with safe anchorages. Of outstanding commercial importance is the harbor of Bristol.

England has a diversified terrain. The northern and western portions are generally mountainous. The Pennine Chain forms the backbone of northern England. A large portion of the area occupied by the Pennine Chain comprises the Lake District, one of the most picturesque regions in England. The terrain east of Wales and between the southern extremities of the Pennine chain and Bristol channel is an extension of the rolling plain that occupies most of central and eastern England. Much of the central part of this region is known as Midlands, and because of its intensive industrial development in a certain area it is known as Black Country. To the south of Bristol Channel an elevated plateau slopes upward, the barren uplands and moors of Cornwall and Devon.