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1 Lucie Syrová

2 * General facts * Flag * Location on the map * Surface * Water

3 * the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland * constitutional monarchy * head of the country – monarch (Queen Elizabeth II) * 4 countries (England – London, Wales – Cardiff, Scotland – Edinburgh, Northern Ireland – Belfast) * population over 63,000,000

4 * the Union Jack * made up of 3 crosses * upright red cross – St George (England) * white diagonal cross – St Andrew (Scotland) * red diagonal cross – St Patrick (Ireland)

5 * island country * Great Britain = England, Wales, Scotland * Ireland = Northern Ireland (UK), the Republic of Ireland * off the NW coast of mainland Europe * the English Channel, the North Sea, the Irish Sea, the Atlantic Ocean * the Orkney, the Shetland islands (N), the Hebrides (NW)

6 * high land in the north and west * the Scottish Highlands (Ben Nevis 1,343m) * the Pennines (the backbone of the country) * the Cumbrian Mountains (Lake District) * the Cambrian Mountains (Wales – Snowdon) * vast area of low land in the south and east

7 * the largest rivers – the Thames, the Severn * the Lake District – north-west England * Loch Ness (Nessie) - Scotland

8 * United Kingdom. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-05- 08]. Dostupné z: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom

9 * INGALLS. Elizabeth II greets NASA GSFC employees. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-05-08]. Dostupné z: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elizabeth_II_greets_NASA_GSF C_employees,_May_8,_2007_edit.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elizabeth_II_greets_NASA_GSF C_employees,_May_8,_2007_edit.jpg * Flag of the United Kingdom. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-05- 08]. Dostupné z: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.s vg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.s vg * Uk-map. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-05-08]. Dostupné z: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Uk-map.svg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Uk-map.svg * BLISCO. Ben Nevis south face. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-05- 08]. Dostupné z: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ben_Nevis_south_face.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ben_Nevis_south_face.jpg * FORNAX. Nessie. In: Wikipedia: the free encyclopedia [online]. San Francisco (CA): Wikimedia Foundation, 2001- [cit. 2013-05-08]. Dostupné z: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nessie.svghttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nessie.svg *


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