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Chapter1GeneralIntroductiontoPhysiographicalFeaturesoftheUK,TheLocationsoftheUKThePhysiographicalFeaturesoftheUKRiversandMountainsPopulationTheMajorCitiesExercisesandAnswers,Focusquestions,WhatisthefullnameofBritain?Howmanypartsdoesitconsistof?WhatisthetotalpopulationoftheUnitedKingdom?Whereisthemostdenselypopulatedregion?Whereistheleastpopulated?WhatarethemajorcitiesinBritain?,Threeterms,BritishIslesBritainGreatBritain,Twolargeislandsseveralsmallones,GreatBritainandNorthernIreland,England,WalesScotland,ThecomplicatedfullnameoftheUK,TheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandFourparts:EnglandScotlandWalesNorthernIreland,UnionJack,ThelocationoftheUK,westernEurope(NorthSea,theStraitofDover,theEnglishChannel)insularcountry;longcoastlineAtlanticOceantothewest,England,Aflatlandcountry,alsocalledLowlandzonePennines:thebackboneofEnglandLakedistrictHighlyurbanizedPhysicallylargestwithlargestpopulationDominancein:size/culture/economy-takeEnglandforUK,LakeDistrict,ascenicspotinNorthWestEnglandApopularholidaydestinationbeingfamousforitslakesanditsmountainsitsassociationswiththeearly19thcenturypoetryandwritingsofWilliamWordsworthandotherpoets.,WilliamWordsworth,aromanticpoetPoetLaureatein1843,（17701850）,Scotland,mountainousthreenaturalzones:HighlandsinthenorthCentralLowlandsUplandsinthesouthBenNevis:thehighestmountainacountryofcastles,HighlandsinScotland,Airthcastle(埃斯城堡),A14thcenturycastleScottishcastleweddings.,Stirlingcastle(斯特灵城堡),PalaceforScottishkingAlonghistory,animportantfortificationandthesiteofmanysiegesandbattles,standingoutforitsimpressinglocationandstoriedhistory,Wales,mountainousSnowdontakinguplessthan9%ofthewholeisland.,NorthernIreland,thesmallestoneMostlyrural,lowhills,beautifulruggedcoastlineLaughNeagh(内伊湖)-thelargestlakeinUK,GiantsCauseway(巨人之路),The8thNaturalWonderoftheWorldSixtymillionyearsago,astretchofrockpillarsweatheredtodifferentheightsandpresentingasteppedsurface,MountainsandRivers,ThebackboneofUK:PenninesChiefmountainranges:theCambriansinWalestheGrampiansinScotland(thelargestmountainrangeintheUK),(1343metershigh),BenNevis,ThelongestriverinEngland:RiverSevern,NEWSEVERNBRIDGE:thelongestbridgeintheUK,connectingWalesandEngland,AnimportantriverinBritain:RiverThames,thesecondlongestbestknownforflowingthroughcentralLondoncentreofmanyeventsandfashionsinBritishhistoryamajorleisureareasupportingtourismaswellasthesportsaspecialappealtowriters,artists,musiciansandfilm-makersmanyriversideattractions:LondonEye,TowerofLondon,HouseofParliament,etc.,Population,Thetotalpopulation:about62000000(2009)Highlyurbanized:80%livingincitiesand20%livinginthecountrysideThemostdenselypopulatedarea:EnglandTheleastpopulatedarea:NorthernIrelandTheofficiallanguage:English,Majorcities,LondonLiverpoolEdinburghCardiffBelfast,London,Thecommercialcenter:theWestEndThepoliticalcenter:Downingstreet,BuckinghamPalaceTheculturalcenter:LondonUniversity(thebiggest),TheLondonEye,thelargestFerriswheelinEurope(135meters)themostpopularpaidtouristattractionintheUK,BigBenthelargestfour-facedclockthethird-tallestfree-standingclocktowerintheworldItscelebrationofits150thanniversaryinMay2009,TowerBridge,aniconicsymbolofLondonCarriesmotorvehicles,cyclists,pedestriansCrossesThamesOpened30June1894,WestministerAbbey,Gothicchurchburialsiteformonarchsaswellaspoliticians,scientists,scholars,poets,STPaulsCathedral,Liverpool,ThesecondlargestportofEnglandAmetropolitancity,ShipbuildingFoodprocessing,Edinburgh,thecapitalcityofScotlandeconomiccenterofScotlandatouristcitysecondonlytoLondoninU.K.aculturalcity，holdinganinternationalfestivalofmusicandartseveryyear,ThenewcityofEdinburgh,CastlesinEdiburgh,NovisittoEdinburghiscompletewithoutavisittoEdinburghCastle,Cardiff,ThecapitalcityofWalesAport,ShippingRionSteel,Belfast,ThecapitalofNorthernIrelandAnindustrialseaport,thewheelofBelfast,Belfastcityhall,Exercises,ThefullnameoftheUnitedKingdomis_.TheislandofGreatBritainismadeupof_,_and_.TheUnitedKingdomhasbeenamemberof_since1973.,ThehighestmountaininB