Post on 16-Dec-2015
THE UNITED KINGDOM
Nataša Stojanovic VI1
FLAG OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
THE UNITED KINGDOM The full name is the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom is an island country in the Atlantic ocean. The United Kingdom is situated in the Western Europe.
GREAT BRITIAN Great Britain is divided into three
regions: Scotland, Wales and England.
NORTHERN IRELAND Northern Ireland is one of four parts of
the United Kingdom. It is located in the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland.
It is the only one of the four regions of the United Kingdom which borders with land (The Republic of Ireland).
LONDON London is the capital of England and the
United Kingdom. Its surface is 1570 km2. London has 8.278.251 people. Famous places in it are: -The London Eye -Big Ben -Buckingham Palace -Trafalgar Square -Natural History Museum
L O N D O N
LONDON EYE London Eye is known as the Millennium
Wheel and the British Airways London Eye. It is located on the south bank of the river Thames near the bridge Westminster.
LONDON EYE
BIG BEN It was built as part of a new
Westminster‘s Palace, because the old one was burned down in a fire on the night of 22nd October, 1834. The Tower is 96.3 meters high.
The designer of the tower is Augustus Pugin.
BIG BEN
BUCKINGHAM PALACE
TRAFALGAR SQUARE
THE RIVER THAMES The Thames flows through southern
England, in the lower part passes through London and away from the North Sea.
It is 346 km long. It is one of the most important water transport in England.
RIVER THAMES
LOCH NESS Loch Ness is a very deep lake. It‘s 226
meters deep in the middle. People say that a monster lives
here. It was the basis for the film ‘‘Secret of Loch Ness“.
LOCH NESS
FAMOUS TOWNS ARE:
OXFORD
LeeDS
GLAZGOw
Sheffield
BiRMINGHAM
Cambridge
DISTRIKT LAKE