Description: The physical map of United Kingdom showing major geographical features like elevations, mountain ranges, ocean, seas, lakes, plateaus, peninsulas, rivers, plains, landforms and other topographic features.
The
United Kingdom or Britain consists of The United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and many smaller
islands.
With an area of 243,610 square kilometres, it is located
on the European mainland‘s north western coast and is
the 11th largest country. It shares a land border only
with Northern Ireland. With the English Channel in the
south and the North Sea in the east, it is surrounded by
Atlantic Ocean from all sides.
The major part of the British Isles archipelago is
occupied by it. It has a coastline of 17,820 km long.
Between Britain and Ireland lies the Irish Sea. North
Channel and Irish Sea divides the Northern Ireland from
rest of the Britain.
The Thames, Tyne, Tweed, the Humber, Severn, Tees, Exe,
Avon and Mersey are main rivers. Scafell Pike 978 metres
in the Lake District is the highest peak of England.
British Isles’ highest point is Ben Nevis at 1,343
metres.
SlieveDonard in the Mourne Mountains at 852 metres is
the highest peak in Northern Ireland. English Channel
lies between the coast of France and the south coast of
Britain. England consists of low land terrain, Scotland
consists of highlands with number of islands and Wales
is a mountainous region.
Political Map of United Kingdom
Political map and map image of United Kingdom.
Road Map of United Kingdom
Road map and map image of United Kingdom.
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