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- 1) С
2) E - 3) F
- 4) G
- 5) A
- 6) D
Лишний пункт B (It marks part of the border betweet Scotland and England).
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nothern Ireland (the UK) is situated off the north-west coast of Europe. 1) It consists of four countries which are England, Scotland, Wales and Nothern Ireland. Their capitals are London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast.
The UK is an island state. The two main islands are Great Britain (where England, Scotland and Wales are situated) and Ireland. 2) Nothern Ireland and the Independent Irish Republic are there. The two islands are separated by the Irish Sea.
The UK is separated from the continent by the English Channel and the Strait of Dover. The UK is also washed by the Atlantic Ocean in the north ad the North Sea in the east.
The area of the UK is 244.100 square kilometers. The most important rivers are the Thames, the Severn and the Clyde. 3) There are many lakes around the UK. There are mountains in the UK but they are not very high. The Grampian Mountains are a mountain range of central Scotland. 4) It extends north-east to south-west and forms a natural barrier between the Highlands and the Lowlands. Ben Nevis (1,343.8 m) is the highest peak.
The Pennines are a low-rising mountain range in nothern England and Scotland. 5) They are known as "the backbone of England". There are the Cambrian Mountains in Wales.
More than 57 million people live in Britain. Many of them live in big industrial cities like London. Manchester and Liverpool, for example, are big industrial cities in the centre of England. But foreigners are often surprised by the fact that much of land in Britain is open country. 6) There are many lonely hills, quiet rivers, deep lakes and just farmlands, especially in the south of the country.
The flag of the United Kingdom is known as the Union Jack. It is made up of three crosses: the cross of St. George (the patron saint of England), the cross of St. Andrew (the patron saint of Scotland) and the cross of St. Patrick (the patron saint of Ireland).